Today, December 9th, Nicaragua officially cut ties with Taiwan, which is a huge deal.

This is a very significant decision in Nicaragua.

Nicaragua, after the Sandinista revolution in 1979, it did recognize the People's Republic

of China in 1985.

But then what happened is that when the San Dinas lost power in 1990 and the U.S.-backed right-wing President

Dioleta Barras de Chamorro from the Chamorro oligarchy, when she took power, she was basically

just an empty slate who would do whatever the U.S.

told her to do. The U.S. pressured her immediately in 1990 to break ties with the People's Republic

of China and to recognize Taiwan. So since 1990, Nicaragua has been one of only a dozen countries

in the entire world that still recognize Taiwan as an

independent country. But today, December 9th, Nicaragua officially cut ties with Taiwan,

officially announced that it only recognizes the People's Republic of China as the only

representative of China and Taiwan being part of China. And immediately, like two hours after

this, this was announced at 4.30 p.m. Nicaraguan time. And two hours later, the spokesperson of

China's foreign ministry, Hua Chun Ying, announced that China is holding talks with Nicaragua.

So, I mean, this was clearly something planned.

This is a very big deal.

And it's also a big deal not only because this is part of the new Cold War.

And like I said, only a dozen countries in the world recognize Taiwan as an independent

country.

But it's also a very big deal because we've seen reports in the world recognize Taiwan as an independent country. But it's also a very big deal

because we've seen reports in the past few weeks that Nicaragua and this Chinese company are

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