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Central American University - UCA |
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Number 417 | Abril 2016 |
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Nicaragua
No path ahead
No words better describe the political scene
this hot and steamy Nicaraguan summer
than those of Rubén Darío—”No path ahead”—
from “Lo fatal” (Fatalism), his most dramatic poem.
We don’t know how November’s elections will unfold
much less what might happen afterward...
We don’t even know if there will be elections.
And Nature is beginning to bill us for our abuse of her
by exhausting the water that is so essential for
life to continue along its path.
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua briets
IMF CLOSES ITS MANAGUA OFFICE
Alluding to “the macroeconomic stability and growth” the country is experiencing, the International Monetary Fund announced on March 30 that it is closing the... continuar...
Nicaragua
Three mutilating blows to the law against violence to women
This feminist psychologist analyzes the process
the Ortega government engaged in to mutilate Law 779,
which sought to guarantee Nicaraguan women
the right to a life free of violence.
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Nicaragua
It isn’t “harvest time” yet in the Northern Triangle
No one can say whether Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador
will meet the US-specified requirements for accessing the
hundreds of millions of dollars Washington has allocated
for its Northern Triangle Alliance for Prosperity Plan.
Doing so requires resolute political will by the three countries
to root out their burdensome legacy of corruption, impunity,
widespread violence and administrative inefficiency.
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Guatemala
The first hundred days of the comedian President
It is looking increasingly likely that
the FCN-N, the party of retired military officers
that promoted comedian Jimmy Morales’ candidacy,
planned all along to convert him into a mere puppet,
governing either around him or without him altogether.
Even more likely-looking is a US strategy to make Guatemala
a “protectorate,” turning it into a more livable country
with fewer emigrants heading north.
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Honduras
Berta Cáceres: An indomitable woman with a statesperson’s nature
If one were to think of a candidate
for the presidency of the Republic
who would represent the interests and desires
of the nation as a whole and all its people
but from the perspective of the poorest,
that would’ve been Berta Cáceres,
“the Guardian girl of the rivers.”
She was indomitable and incorruptible.
And that’s why they killed her.
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América Latina
Ecuador: A citizens’ revolution …without citizens?
Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa runs the risk of wanting
to implement his Citizen’s Revolution even without citizens....
or with submissive ones who don’t fight for their rights,
just accepting whatever is given to them.
Analyzing the features of the Ecuadoran model,
one more of the 21st-century socialisms,
one more of the ALBA countries,
reveals the limitations of this trend
the author classifies as a generator
of the most brilliant period of history
of the Latin American Left
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