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Number 292 | Noviembre 2005 |
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Nicaragua
The Hands that Rock... Just About Everything
The Framework Law hammered out by Daniel Ortega and Enrique Bolaños bolstered Ortega, gave Bolaños breathing room and put the PLC on the defensive. This abrupt “end” to the crisis augurs new shifts in the scenario, but it’s not yet clear which hands will determine its course. And while Hurricane Beta made its spin through the area this month,
Nicaragua spun even closer to the North by approving CAFTA.... continuar...
Nicaragua
Nicaragua Briefs
DRUG MONEY GOES MISSING A huge scandal involving a Supreme Court justice, various judges and an unnamed notary public—all of them mutual friends and several of them related to the FSLN structures—has... continuar...
Nicaragua
Alemán Still Controls the PLC and Will Hand Ortega the Victory
Reflections on the past, present and future of the Liberal Constitutionalist Party from an astute political analyst
who belonged to the PLC for many years.... continuar...
Nicaragua
The Río San Juan: Source of Conflicts and Nationalism
Historian Arnold J. Toynbee wrote: “The spirit of nationality is a
sour ferment of the new wine of democracy in the old bottles of tribalism.” Costa Rica’s case against Nicaragua over the Río San Juan at the International Court of Justice in The Hague
has once again rekindled that spirit in Nicaragua,
because the San Juan is more than just a river;
it is a myth; it is “liquid history.” ... continuar...
México
“The Other Campaign” of “Those at the Bottom”
The Zapatista movement has initiated its new stage. Who has responded to its call to develop “the other campaign,” and what ideas and proposals have they brought with them?
This initiative has produced a new heterodox and
irreverent political dynamic in Mexico. But there are risks that it could end in a new orthodoxy.... continuar...
Centroamérica
R=T x V and R=T / C Formulas for Sisyphus
From Guatemala, devastated by Hurricane Stan, comes this reflection for the “permanent victims” —Central America’s Sisyphus— along with two formulas that can help
change our understanding of disasters and deal with them effectively.... continuar...
Centroamérica
“I’ve Been in El Salvador Without Being There”
Words upon receiving a Doctorate Honoris Causa
from the University of El Salvador on October 12, 2005.... continuar...
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a monthly magazine of analysis on Central America