John Perry

John Perry lives in Masaya, Nicaragua, where, perplexingly, he writes and edits books on British housing and social policy.

Letter

In Nicaragua

16 December 2021

Writing before the impressive victory of Gabriel Boric in Chile’s elections, Michael Chessum refers to the ‘embarrassment’ felt by Boric’s supporters when the Chilean Communist Party welcomed Daniel Ortega’s re-election in Nicaragua, ‘given Ortega’s ruthless repression of the opposition’ (LRB, 16 December 2021). This requires some disentangling. Following the lead of the Biden...
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