Even more so now, I monitor the political climate there. It appears to me that no one has been able to sustain the growth momentum of Arnoldo; Bolanos simply completed projects initiated by Aleman.

What concerns me about Ortega is the old fable of the scorpian and the toad: the scorpian needs to get to the other side of the pond and asks the toad for a ride. The toads initially refuses out of fear of being stung but is convinced by the scorpian that such would be suicide. The toad agrees and, half-way across the pond, the scorpian stings him. As they sink, the toad asks, “Why did you do that? Now we both will die!” The scorpian simply replies, “I don’t know…it is just my nature.”

We pray Ortega can transcend his spiteful, thug nature, see the benefits of foreign investment, and do right by a country so historically exploited by its own people of power.

And with regard to the global economy, the “Richistanis,” as coined by auther Robert Frank of the Wall Street Journal, will not be affected but rather continue to seek refuge in the beautiful oceanic landscapes such as those belonging to Nicaragua.