Nepal, Feb. 25 -- Nepal's mainstream party leaders squirm in their seats of power and privilege when faced with a series of foreign policy successes recorded in previous decades

Hesitation and dubious drive steered by the world's most democratically elected communist government stood shaken under the glare and reprimanding tone of the declining superpower United States in connection with official statements issued by Nepal's ruling party and prime minister.

Suffering from the drought of convincing issues like a drowning man catching at a stray, the main opposition Nepali Congress leaders cried hoarse: "Why such hurry in issuing a statement over a development in far-off Venezuela ?" They reminded that the US was a long-time aid provider....