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Number 278 | Septiembre 2004 |
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Nicaragua
Alone and Weak, But Oh So Sure of His Shaky Ground
“I am neither alone nor am I weak,”
said President Bolaños, sounding a little too cocky.
This month showed him not only alone, but isolated,
and not only weak, but debilitated.
Most worrying is the optimistic way he is treading
on what is actually very shaky ground.... continuar...
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA BRIEFS
EASY FOR BOLAÑOS TO SAY September 6 completed the 20-day deadline set by Islamic groups supposedly linked to the Al Qaeda network for the government of El Salvador to withdraw all of its troops... continuar...
Nicaragua
Cup of Excellence, Fair Trade, Organic Coffee
Is there a future for coffee in Nicaragua?
The Cup of Excellence is more like a lottery than a widely applicable recipe.
Meanwhile, with fair trade and organic coffee providing better options,
higher prices and new markets, there are still opportunities
to be tested and gambles to be taken.... continuar...
Nicaragua
The Fight against Corruption: Sowing Now to Harvest Later
The new attorney general discusses Nicaragua’s justice system
and assesses the fight against corruption he pioneered as
special attorney three years ago, which helped raise
Nicaragua’s expectations and hope.... continuar...
Honduras
The Teachers’ Conflict: Long but Inconclusive
The entirely fair demands of Honduran teachers,
ignored for years and now swept away “as if by magic,”
still wait, unresolved, beneath the magician’s hat.
It’s a good bet that they’ll soon pop out again.
There are many lessons to be learned
in this truce and apparent resolution.... continuar...
México
Caracoles: Happy Birthday to You!
“If bad government won’t pay attention to us,
then it can just stay away with all its nonsense,”
challenged Comandante Rosalinda on August 9, 2003,
ushering in the Caracoles and Good Government
Committees established in Zapatista territory in Chiapas.
Now, a year later, on their first anniversary,
they have attracted not just government attention.
“Civil society in Mexico and around the world,”
explained Subcomandante Marcos,
“is working for us and with us.”... continuar...
Centroamérica
The Northwest, North and Center North: Electoral Analysis and Forecasts
The upcoming municipal elections mark the second time
they have been held independently of the presidential ones.
This will help us see voters’ real interest in local affairs.
The following brief analysis forecasts a few of the
results we can expect.... continuar...
Centroamérica
“We’ve Handed CAFTA Our Greatest Advantages on a Silver Platter”
Although our self-interested Central American governments
have happily signed away the region’s economic sovereignty,
the new free trade agreement is still pending ratification.
It’s never too late to analyze what has been given up,
by whom, for what purpose and to whose benefit,
and even to look at the possibility of building alternatives.... continuar...
Internacional
Poor or Impoverished? And How Do They Get That Way?
Strategies to fight poverty in all our countries, and exclusion, dismissal and distrust of the poor everwhere are characteristics of the economic culture of our time,
an economic culture that manufactures more poor.
The time is ripe for an updated reflection.... continuar...
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a monthly magazine of analysis on Central America