August 2005: US Envoy to Latin America Warns that Nicaragua Will ‘Sink Like a Stone’ If Sandinistas Return to Power

Roger Noriega, the Bush administration’s outgoing top envoy to Latin America, tells the Managua newspaper La Prensa that Nicaragua will “sink like a stone and reach depths such as those of Cuba” if the Sandinistas return to power. [Christian Science Monitor, 9/15/2005; USA Today, 10/6/2005]