Mónica Baltodano was a guerrilla commander during the Sandinista revolution and leader of the Managua insurrection. She is today an oppositionist to th Ortega government and in exile.
The first round of the local elections took place against a backdrop of widespread creeping fascism in France and comes after a brutal offensive by the far right, during which the traditional ‘Republican’ right has decisively broken from much of its historical framework and values.
