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Number 352 | Noviembre 2010 |
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Nicaragua
Maktub?
Maktub is a common Arabic expression
meaning “It is written,” suggesting immutability.
Although virtually nothing “is written” in Nicaragua,
several recent events, a year before the elections
that are variously feared, desired or simply expected,
permit some thoughts about the “written” or as yet “unwritten”
future of that electoral process.... continuar...
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA BRIEFS
EXCESSIVE RAINS PRODUCED
EPIDEMICS AND CROP LOSSES As a consequence of the copious rains this winter, an outbreak of leptospirosis was detected on September 24 in the northwestern departments... continuar...
Nicaragua
The Two Main Electoral Issues Must Be Education and Fiscal Reform
This economist analyzes recent data
on the economic and social situation
in Central America, particularly Nicaragua,
highlighting our huge education deficits
and the need for profound change
in our unfair taxation systems.... continuar...
Nicaragua
The Latest Border Crisis: Bi-national Citizenship Revisited
The solution to the new disagreement between
Costa Rica and Nicaragua over the River San Juan,
this time due to Nicaragua’s planned dredging operation,
is a bi-national dialogue, a bi-national agreement
and a bi-national understanding.
But we need to look beyond that legal and political proposal.
We need to think about and work for a bi-national citizenship.
This is what Nicaricans and Ticaraguans are calling for,
reaching well beyond border-based nationalism.... continuar...
El Salvador
Who’s Behind the “Lawlessness”?
Two months after the three-day transport strike,
which spread uncontrolled panic among Salvadorans,
speculations about who was behind it
raise more questions than answers.... continuar...
Honduras
Dialogue to Change Things So Everything Remains the Same
The dialogue called by President Lobo stirred up a political hornets’ nest
but left intact the polarization that has trapped Honduras since the coup.
It was a well-calculated step by Lobo in the quicksand he moves in,
but caused a misstep by the Resistance Front:
they refused to participate so had no way to state their positions
or present a coherent, alternative dialogue plan.... continuar...
América Latina
Seven Sound Barriers Broken In the Digital Radio Era
The digital age’s technological revolution
has broken seven different sound barriers.
There are no longer barriers of space, time,
laws, the market, censorship, age or gender.
How can we exploit the opportunities being opened
by the new technologies and the digital convergence
to promote freedom of expression and cultural diversity
from public, community and citizens’ radio stations?... continuar...
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a monthly magazine of analysis on Central America