Magic and despotism in Managua

In this Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife and vice president, Rosario Murillo, during a rally in Managua, Nicaragua.Alfredo Zuniga / AP

The creation of a Ministry of Outer Space Affairs in a poor and repressed country accelerates the identification of Nicaragua as an alien republic, without institutional or moral barriers that prevent Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo from ruling as they please and joining the colonization of Mars.

The law is so outlandish that the dumbfounded still ponder its true purposes, beyond considering it another creature of pre-despotism ...

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