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Number 322 | Mayo 2008 |
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Nicaragua
The Sea, the Ship And the Uncertain Course
The international seas are rough
and our ship, its compass out of line,
is on an uncertain course.
The figurehead at the bow is battered.
Does the crew even realize it?... continuar...
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA BRIEFS
THE CENI CONFLICT RAGES ON Continuing the confusing and contradictory way the government has been treating the controversial case of the bank bailout bonds known as CENIs, a judge and a prosecuting... continuar...
Nicaragua
We Have More Important Rights Pending Than Just the Vote
This Miskitu leader, who has fought for autonomy from the
earliest days of the indigenous organization Misurasata,
shares her reflections on the conflictive reality
of Nicaragua’s North Caribbean region.... continuar...
Nicaragua
Youth Gangs and Religion: Links and Differences
With the vital sense of identity that comes of belonging to a group, replete with its legends of heroic actions, its myths of idyllic times and buddies who sacrificed themselves, shared songs and rites, and marked their bodies with crosses, devils and virgins, youth gang members form a kind of religious group. Thus, when it comes time to leave the gang,
the most common path is conversion to another religion…... continuar...
Nicaragua
Our Education System Is Increasing Poverty and Inequality
This lifelong educator analyzes the
problems with the Nicaraguan education system,
this government’s actions and the challenges ahead.... continuar...
Nicaragua
Reflections on the Daily Violation Of the Secular State
This analyst of Nicaragua’s political situation
denounces the ongoing violation of the secular state,
and firmly explains why we need secularity
to build democracy and freedom.... continuar...
El Salvador
A Penitentiary Crisis That Refuses to Go Hawai
Authorities deny any crisis in the country’s penitentiaries
and claim any future crises will be resolved by building more prisons.
Overcrowding, penitentiary system reforms, the anti-youth gang plans
and prison administration by former military officers have deepened the
never-resolved penitentiary crisis and are feeding a growing climate
of insecurity, delinquency and criminality.
Rehabilitating prisoners is the
least of anyone’s concerns.... continuar...
Honduras
The Social Movement and the Formal/Real Government Contradiction
Honduran democracy has been hijacked by the two-party system.
Social inequality deepens as democracy is hamstrung by formalities.
The grassroots movement has been trapped between nostalgia for the
clarity of the old struggles and the uncertainties of today’s dispersed energies.
But shifts seem to be underway at the community and local level.
What kind of social movement can tackle the contradiction
between Honduras’ formal government and the real one?
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América Latina
Interview with President-Elect Lugo A Change in Paraguay’s “Cathedral”
This interview with then-presidential candidate Fernando Lugo,
took place during his visit to Havana, Cuba, in mid-July 2007.
As both a priest and a bishop, Lugo worked most of his life
from the Liberation Theology perspective of
commitment to the poor.... continuar...
América Latina
Initial Statements by President-Elect Fernando Lugo
The following excerpts are from various interviews that appeared
in the Latin American and international media just before the elections
in Paraguay and in the first days following Fernando Lugo’s victory.
They offer an initial political profile of Paraguay’s new President,
Latin America’s first bishop to become
the elected leader of his country.... continuar...
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a monthly magazine of analysis on Central America