The Bandanna Is Back

摘要

The air shakes with the rhythm of campaign jingles, the explosion of fireworks and cries of "Daniel! Daniel!" There he is, perched on the bed of a pickup, winding through the potholed streets, waving to the crowd as it swells around him. He wears his trademark red and black bandanna, which his old nemesis George Bush Sr. once poked fun at. By the time the procession reaches the plaza, it is awild river of men on bicycles, halter-topped girls jumping up for a glimpse and mothers holding out their newborn babies for him to kiss. Truck-borne loudspeakers blast out this prediction: "The future president of Nicaragua—Daniel Ortega!"