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Number 375 | Octubre 2012 |
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Nicaragua
The path to the polls
Trusting in their electoral system, Venezuelans
decided by a clear majority to stick with Chávez’s project,
at the same time registering their discontent with some aspects
by giving him a far less massive mandate than they did last time.
We Nicaraguans, however, are again going into our elections
on a path strewn with mines.... continuar...
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA BRIEFS
MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL DANGER The Humboldt Center, a Nicaraguan environmental NGO, unveiled a study in September warning of the environmental dangers involved in the construction of “Bolívar’s Supreme... continuar...
Nicaragua
“We could have a better country”
On September 26, the 10 Catholic bishops
who make up the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua
published a message about the upcoming elections.
As is customary, they dedicated it “to the priests,
consecrated men and women and pastoral care workers,
to all Catholics and to all Nicaraguans, men and women of good will.”
We’re publishing it in its entirety because of its importance
in the current national context.... continuar...
Nicaragua
We’re threatened by a tax reform from the catacombs
With the literary flair of a commentator on far less weighty topics,
this tax law expert shares informed critical reflections on the
process and probable content of the expected tax reform
and on the “little reform” that came before it.... continuar...
Nicaragua
New clothes for the emperor... or is ALBA naked in Nicaragua?
President Chávez was reelected a third time.
His ALBA project will thus carry on.
What have this project’s results been in Nicaragua?
175 years ago Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen
published “The Emperor’s New Clothes,”
one of the world’s best-known classical tales.
Its teaching is wise, its message profound.
Its metaphors can also be applied
to what’s happening with ALBA in Nicaragua.... continuar...
Honduras
Notes for a debate about cooperation and the “logframe”
The logical framework approach is an analytical tool or methodology,
and was developed in the late sixties for planning and managing projects.
Today, international cooperation agencies use it almost exclusively.
From Honduras comes a critical contribution concerning
the weaknesses and limitations of this tool
for working in that country.... continuar...
México
#IAm132: A symbol of outrage and resistance
Here we offer a chronological reconstruction
of #YoSoy132 (#I am132) in its first four months of life,
tracing its evolution and explaining the beginnings
of this energetic, playful and intelligent movement.
These months express the process
the movement has gone through
and the trends defining its direction.... continuar...
Centroamérica
The third horseman of neoliberalism: The Neo-Pentecostals (part 4)
The Neo-Pentecostals’ mega-churches
are really mega-businesses.
Their pastors act like executives
and employ showman skills
to entertain their followers.
They preach entrepreneurship,
management spirit and positive thinking.
They were born in the USA but are spreading fast
throughout Central America.... continuar...
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a monthly magazine of analysis on Central America