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| How Miss Universe May Lead to the end of commie reign in Nicaragua |
| 2023-12-18 |
| [HotAir] Last month 23-year-old Sheynnis Palacios won the Miss Universe competition becoming the first ever Nicaraguan contestant to win the crown...."It came as a surprise, and triggered spontaneous expressions of delight in the country," said Elvira Cuadra, a Nicaraguan sociologist who lives in exile in Costa Rica. "Since 2018, Nicaragua has lived in a police state," said Cuadra. "Lately they haven't even allowed religious gatherings. But when Sheynnis won, people took to the streets with their national flags, singing the national anthem.""...Ordinary Nicaraguans, who are largely forbidden to protest or carry the national flag in marches; took advantage of the Saturday night Miss Universe win as a rare opportunity to celebrate in the streets. Their use of the blue-and-white national flag, as opposed to Ortega's red-and-black Sandinista banner, didn't sit well with the government. "Ortega has a problem," said Arturo McFields Yescas, a former Nicaraguan ambassador to the Organization of American States who resigned and denounced the Ortegas last year. "What he can't control, he robs or destroys, he said. "The baseball or boxing champions, for example, have to pay tribute to the regime. If they don't, they become targets. Sheynnis has something; she came from the bottom, she doesn't owe anything to the dictatorship; and that makes her someone dangerous."... Honestly, I think Ortega has reason to be afraid. He's a shriveled up socialist dictator and Palacios is none of those things. If this becomes the societal equivalent of a beauty contest, Ortega doesn't have a chance in hell. Related: Miss Universe: 2023-10-01 Miss USA 2023 is - wait for it - a biological female woman human being. Miss Universe: 2023-08-03 El Salvador: Entire region 'under siege' to hem in gangs Miss Universe: 2023-07-18 Transgender Miss Netherlands Rikkie Valerie Kollé blasts 'sad and horrible' attacks on Dylan Mulvaney after Bud Light disaster and claims critics who wish them dead 'see us as monsters' |
| Posted by:lord garth |
| #6 "What they At least Sheynnis isn't an authoritarian threat to the complete cosmos. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2023-12-18 15:40 |
| #5 He brings us quality Tex-Mex food items. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-12-18 10:44 |
| #4 ^ Yes, but he still has those dreamy aviator shades |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-12-18 10:40 |
| #3 The problem Ortega has in Nicaragua is they've stolen pretty much eveything there is to steal. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-12-18 10:27 |
| #2 Weaponized beauty pageants. I am doubtful that Ortega’s downfall will come at the hands of Maybelline mascara, Vaseline shined teeth and a bikini bottom held in place by super glue. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-12-18 10:17 |