Foreign Digest: Nicaragua, Ethiopia and Jordan

Nicaragua

            There have been more protests and more deaths because of the oppression of the authoritarian Marxist Sandinista regime.  The Sandinistas are additionally relying upon pro-government thugs to attack peaceful protestors.

Ethiopia

            Ethiopia’s authoritarian government continues to liberalize.  It recently ended the state of emergency it had imposed last year after protests against the government.  The Ethiopian government also reached a border agreement with Eritrea, ending a military conflict by making concessions to its neighbor.  It had earlier freed political prisoners.

Jordan

           After protests against the Prime Minister’s plans to raise taxes, the King last week installed a new premier who abandoned the plan.