Source: Defense News
Nov. 27, 2013
US, Russian Troops Get Green Light For Nicaragua Training Ops
MANAGUA — Nicaragua’s legislature Tuesday gave a green light for US and Russian troops to take part in joint exercises to train local forces fighting drug traffickers and organized crime.
The legislature voted 66-20 to approve the operations on the Pacific and Caribbean coasts. No dates were immediately given.
The United States and former Soviet Union waged a proxy war in the Central American nation in the 1980s. Current Sandinista President Daniel Ortega was among the country’s revolutionary leaders back then.