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Number 313 | Agosto 2007 |
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Nicaragua
The Cards Are on the Table
The new government’s cards are now on the table.
Its flagship project is the Councils of Citizens’ Power—
counterweight to the National Assembly and Cabinet,
goodies-for-votes broker with the local grass roots
and neutralizer of civil society and NGOs;
in sum, a mechanism to alter the model of government.
What reaction can we expect from the general population,
already so accustomed to political patronage
and caudillo leaders?... continuar...
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA BRIEFS
ALEMÁN’S TRIAL SET IN PANAMA On July 20, Panamanian criminal judge Adolfo Mejía subpoenaed former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Alemán, his wife, father-in-law and former government tax director... continuar...
Nicaragua
Posoltega Nine Years After the Tragedy
A lot happened in Posoltega after Hurricane Mitch struck.
There was a boom in housing, electricity and drinking water,
but little changed in mental schemes and traditional culture.
Could they change with such a high “Gross Foreign Product”
and so many people infected with AEDS—
Acquired Extreme Dependency Syndrome?... continuar...
Nicaragua
It’s Up to Us to Curtail the Government’s Authoritarianism
Reflections on the course of the Ortega government
by a former comandante of the revolution
and minister of health during the
first FSLN government.... continuar...
Guatemala
An Uncertain and Violent Electoral Process
The campaign for the September 9 elections
has been the most violent in Guatemalan history;
the economic and social crisis is very serious and
there are signs that organized crime permeates politics
and that the country is losing its ability to be governed.
Guatemala’s very viability is at stake.... continuar...
Honduras
The President in His Thicket
Why did President Mel Zelaya celebrate the anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution with Daniel Ortega and Hugo Chávez?
One explanation lies in his solitude and his loss of control of the government
over which he supposedly presides. Another is the woman beside him on the podium. But the main explanation is his ideological “thicket.”... continuar...
México
A Government Trapped in Its Dirty War
Felipe Calderón’s government is illegitimate,
so it’s covering its nakedness in military garb.
The army’s in the streets “to stop drug dealing,”
but the real objective is to prevent and/or repress
the common and increasingly intense social protests.
The list of social activists jailed has reached historic levels.
There’s no more doubt: this is a repressive government
in an increasingly unjust and violent country.... continuar...
América Latina
How Can We Give The Earth a Future?
The climate change is now irreversible
and will cause devastating catastrophes.
Millions of people will disappear in just a few generations.
To deal with the crisis threatening the system of life on Earth,
we have to look far behind, far ahead and far above.
Developing a spiritual vision of the world is the
shortest and fastest way to find a solution.... continuar...
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a monthly magazine of analysis on Central America