Thursday, February 25, 2010

Layover in Managua

Senators Christopher Dodd and Robert Corker visited Nicaragua for three hours on Tuesday .  During their breif stay, they met with the current vice president as well as opposition political figures from the Constitutional Liberal Party (and its off shoots) and the Sandinista Renovation Movement. 

Apparently, some political analysts are worried that the visit is more than it appears.
Some local political circles are wary of the apparent innocence of the quick visit, as its true objectives could be far beyond the apparent.
I imagine Dodd is taking somewhat of a farewell tour.  Does anyone know what his post-Senate plans are?

Corker's visit is tougher to figure out.  While he is a minority member of the Committee on Foreign Relations, his subcommittee assignments do not appear to have much relevance to Nicargua and Latin America other than the being a member of the Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection.  Who comes up with these committee names anyway?