I had a flight to Panama in the morning, and was finishing my work in Managua. But there was an opportunity to meet with Ben Lugo in Granada. So I finished my interview with broadcasting icon Carlos Chamorro and boarded a ‘chicken bus’ for my dinner with Benjamin. After a rollicking bus ride, I sat […]
Anaka Allen, Ben Lugo, Brian Gruber, contras, Granada, Managua, Nicaragua, ReaganCarlos Chamorro is a busy man. He runs a nightly news show Esta Noche, a 60 Minutes style weekly newsmagazine, and an online newsletter called “Confidencial.” His father Pedro Chamorro, editor of La Prensa, is a Nicaraguan icon, murdered a year before the revolution, a constant critic of the ruling Somoza family. His mother, Violetta, became the […]
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