While the world is watching Venezuela’s
descent into a full blown dictatorship, scant attention has been paid to the
slow-motion disappearance of democracy in two other countries: Nicaragua and
Bolivia. If they continue on their present course, they may soon be called
Latin America’s emerging dictatorships. The erosion of basic freedoms in these
two countries came to mind this week when I interviewed Sergio Ramirez, the
Nicaraguan writer and former Sandinista vice president who, on Nov. 16, was
awarded the Spanish Royal Academy’s coveted Cervantes literary prize -
considered the Nobel literature award of the Spanish-speaking world. More…
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