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Number 462 | Diciembre 2019 |
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Nicaragua
The effects of the unexpected Evo factor
Bolivian President Evo Morales’ resignation on November 10
triggered a chain reaction in the Ortega dictatorship
that revitalized the indignation and resistance
of the blue and white opposition.
Like a wounded beast, the regime lashed out with renewed violence
wielding its control of the State’s institutions, laws and weapons.
The chief effect was only to make the national crisis
even more uncertain and dramatic.... continuar...
Nicaragua
Nicaragua briefs
LULA KNOWS WHEN TO QUIT
In a November 8 speech in which he railed against Nicaragua’s bishops and business elite, Daniel Ortega celebrated former Brazilian President Lula da Silva’s release... continuar...
Nicaragua
“We journalists have taken sides”
The founder and editor of the Nicaraguan bulletin Confidencial
and director of the TV news programs “Esta Noche” and “Esta Semana”
describes how Nicaragua’s independent journalists have responded
to the country’s crisis and analyzes the current state of the media... continuar...
Nicaragua
Land takeovers in the 2018 crisis and Nicaragua’s housing deficit
.How much land was taken over during
the national crisis that started in 2018?
Who did the taking and why?
This research by Techo International gives us
a broader view of the complexity of these events. ... continuar...
Honduras
Is there any way out of this narco-dictatorship?
When Tony Hernández was convicted of drug trafficking,
everything pointed to his brother, Juan Orlando Hernández,
as operating a narco-State in Honduras.
The elections scheduled for November 2021,
and the orgnization of an opposition coalition by the LIBRE party,
have breathed new life into a regime that was in its death throes.
What are the chancesies of making it to the end of that democratic path
and achieving a new social compact?... continuar...
México
Citizen mobilization in drug-violent democracies: The case of Mexico
All civic mobilizations are hard to sustain.
bu tpeople living under dictatorships face hard choices
every day between moral imperatives and personal risks,
similar to the dilemmas citizens face during civil wars.
In democracies where criminal networks are embedded
in state structures and extended throughout society,
such as in Mexico,
citizens’ grievances have no clear recipients,
and drug violence tends to paralyze them.... continuar...
América Latina
Drug trafficking is embedded in Latin America’s politics and economy
A detailed look at how drug trafficking
has been used in Latin America
by both the Right and the Left
to achieve their political objectives.... continuar...
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a monthly magazine of analysis on Central America