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Number 334 | Mayo 2009 |
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Nicaragua
Politics in the Time of Virus
Some government politics in this time of virus
evoked those of the eighties: pitted against the empire,
conflicts with the Church, “rightwing conspiracies” everywhere
and the eternal abandonment of the
“separatist” Caribbean Coast.... continuar...
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA BRIEFS
ANOTHER CHÁVEZ PROMISE At the Seventh Summit of Latin American Bolivarian Alternative (ALBA) countries, held just before the Summit of the Americas in Cumaná, Venezuela’s President Chávez promised... continuar...
Nicaragua
A Portrait in Grays of Nicaragua’s Catholic Church
A characterization of Nicaragua’s Catholic dioceses,
as well as their bishops, clergy, nuns and laypeople,
accompanied by reflections on a few of their historical aims
and some of today’s challenges for the Nicaraguan Church.... continuar...
Nicaragua
The Constant Potter
Having known Ron Rivera,
I’m sure he would have felt deeply upset by an article about him,
but would have been thrilled by an article about his “Filtron.”
Since Ron is no longer with us and we can’t argue this point,
I’m writing about the legacy of this exemplary gringo-Nicaraguan,
perhaps the person who has worked most passionately
to ensure that all human beings on the planet
have clean water to drink.... continuar...
El Salvador
“We’re Going to Govern for the Whole Country, Not Just the FMLN”
Just days after the electoral victory of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), the Salvadoran online newspaper El Faro ran an interview with Vice President-elect Salvador Sánchez Cerén, one of the three most powerful members of the FMLN’s Political Commission. Here we offer the most relevant parts of this important article, in which Sánchez, a.k.a. Comandante “Leonel González,”
lays out positions openly contrasting with those of the
FSLN government in en Nicaragua.... continuar...
Honduras
What’s Behind the Fourth Ballot Box?
What’s behind the “fourth ballot box” project
launched by President Mel Zelaya?
And what interests are served by
the late independent candidacy of
veteran union leader Carlos Humberto Reyes?... continuar...
Internacional
When the Addiction Leads to Recession
From Venezuela, a simple yet profound explanation
of the North’s international economic crisis,
which is already affecting all countries
because they’re interconnected
in a now-globalized world.... continuar...
Internacional
The Darker Sides of a “Country of Immigrants”
George Washington said that “The bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent and respectable stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all nations and religions whom we shall welcome to participate in all of our rights and privileges, if by decency and propriety of conduct they appear to merit the enjoyment.” But history contradicts his words, speaking rather of arbitrariness, prejudice and abuse with little measure of “decency” and of “propriety of conduct.” Up until now the US immigration service has been given to trampling the rights that establish who “deserves” to enjoy rights in the United States.... continuar...
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a monthly magazine of analysis on Central America