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Number 384 | Julio 2013 |
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Nicaragua
The challenge of the others
Scientists have demonstrated that social
intelligence was born and developed in our
species’ brains over our very long evolution
in response to the “challenge of the others.”
If true, this month offered a good example of
how the Ortega government uses social intelligence,
which is defined as the capacity to effectively navigate and
negotiate complex social relationships and environments.
It’s sad evidence on this new anniversary of the revolution.... continuar...
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA BRIEFS
PETROCARIBE SUMMIT The eighth Petrocaribe Summit was held in Managua between June 27 and 29, and was attended by top officials and Heads of State of 18 nations representing 83 million inhabitants... continuar...
Nicaragua
The canal will irreversibly damage Lake Cocibolca
This top official of an organization that promotes
territorial development and environmental management
shares his concerns about the ecological risks to Lake Cocibolca of building an inter-oceanic canal that runs through it..... continuar...
Nicaragua
34 years of blameful forgetfulness, 23 of interested memory
“I regard memory not as a phenomenon
preserving one thing and losing another merely by chance,
but as a power that deliberately places events in order
or wisely omits them.”
This idea by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig,
in his book The World of Yesterday,
buffeted my memory and guided my pen
as I wrote on this new anniversary of our revolution.... continuar...
El Salvador
The case of Beatriz: Who gets to decide?
Beatriz is a young peasant woman with lupus
and pregnant with an anencephalic fetus.
Should her pregnancy be terminated or not?
This extreme case, which made international news,
revived El Salvador’s debate on abortion.
It is a debate in which many people speak,
but in which the last word should belong
to the women who live these dilemmas.... continuar...
Guatemala
The Ríos Montt trial was a historic milestone
Efraín Ríos Montt was convicted of genocide on May 10.
Days later, the Constitutionality Court threw out the conviction
and annulled everything that had been heard after a certain date.
Whatever happens to this trial legally from here on out,
it was a transcendental milestone in Guatemala’s history.
The Ixil people showed the world how they had suffered,
we were introduced to three brave and honest judges
and the country’s shameless, structural
racism was demonstrated yet again.... continuar...
Honduras
Our country needs a truce, and not just with gangs
The unilateral truce announced in May
by Honduras’ two most violent gangs
has been received with official silence,
social skepticism and even calls for revenge.
These gangs have taken the first step,
but they’re not the only ones generating violence.
Other sources of violence—other «gangs»—
ought to follow the example and declare a truce.
In fact, Honduras needs many truces.... continuar...
Internacional
The masses in the streets
“The demonstrations in the streets of Brazil
are bringing political analysts and scientists to the fore,”
muses the Brazilian Dominican friar known as Frei Betto.
And he answers himself: “The message of the streets is simple:
Our governments have removed themselves from the social base.
To use a Marxist term, political society is separated from civil society.”
In this brief piece, former Franciscan priest Leonard Boff also
poses questions and gives answers, and they echo in today’s Nicaragua.... continuar...
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a monthly magazine of analysis on Central America