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Feinberg Quoted in The Nica Times

"Is Republicans’ Gain a Loss for Ortega?"

11/12/2010
Tim Rogers, The Nica Times

The U.S. Republican Party’s decisive victory in this month’s mid-term elections to take control of the House of Representatives is admittedly bad news for U.S. President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.

It could also be bad news for Sandinista President Daniel Ortega.

Washington insiders consulted by The Nica Times this week predict that the Republican-dominated House is inclined to pay closer attention to perceived mischief in Nicaragua, and will have less patience for Sandinista shenanigans.

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Richard Feinberg is an authority on U.S. foreign policy, multilateral institutions (IMF, World Bank, NAFTA) and summitry (APEC, Summitry in the Americas, G-8). He is an expert on trade and investment, globalization, democratization and non-governmental organizations.

Feinberg is director of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Study Center, dedicated to research, scholarly exchange and public education on subjects of interest to APEC member countries. He is co-director of the Leadership Council on Inter-American Summitry, a blue-ribbon council that periodically evaluates progress in U.S.-Latin American relations. He is the book reviewer for the Western Hemisphere section of Foreign Affairs magazine.