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Published in: democraciaAbiertaUS Senate launches attack on Nicaragua poverty programmes
The so-called NICA Act, if passed, would require the US government to veto loans from international financial...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe Nicaragua Canal becomes the government’s Achilles heel
The dubious constitutionality of the law enabling its construction and its adverse impacts on Nicaraguans’ human...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNicaragua as a pawn in global geopolitics
Again, as in the 1980s, Nicaragua is making a gross political mistake: standing in the middle of the struggles for...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHuman rights vs. authoritarianism in Nicaragua
Nicaraguan human rights defenders denounce that, after the re-election of Daniel Ortega, the country is in a...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNicaragua: there is no one to vote for!
Pronouncement No. 3 by the writers, intellectuals, politicians and leaders of Nicaraguan civil society known as the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDefending our right to live in peace and freedom – a Nicaraguan pronouncement
A group of writers, intellectuals, politicians and leaders of Nicaraguan civil society express concern over the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEl Güegüense: strategies for eruption in Nicaragua
The conclusion to this series on Nicaragua’s important election year examines the main opposition coalition’s...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNicaragua’s opposition and the myth of unity
With grand caudillos toppling across Latin America, President Daniel Ortega’s disparate opponents have caught the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIn beautiful, beleaguered Nicaragua, a democracy lies dormant
The first of a three part series on Nicaragua’s election year looks at how President Ortega manages the judiciary...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe fight continues to free detained Central American high schoolers in the US
Despite several protests, US authorities have not yet backed down from arresting immigrant high school students on...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAn answer to the “end of cycle” prophets in Latin America
The historical successes of progressive governments are undeniable, according to Atilio Borón and Álvaro García...
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Published in: 50.50Shelters without walls: women building protective infrastructures against rape
Women from Colombia, Syria, Nicaragua and Iraq are implementing multi-layered prevention strategies in their...
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Published in: HomeGarcía Márquez and "the Latin American who came in from the cold"
Former Swedish deputy foreign minister and UN ambassador Pierre Schori remembers circumstances and characters,...
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Published in: HomeBearing witness to an international community
The author who has been involved in UN electoral missions all over the world, met up with a group of colleagues in...
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Published in: HomeHow to be a rogue superpower
It hardly matters under what label - including American “safety” and “security” - such a governing power is built;...
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Published in: HomeUS election: what can Latin America expect?
Relations between the US and Latin American countries have always been tense, from economic rivalry to political...
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Published in: HomeNicaragua's secret election
The official results in Nicaragua's election on 6 November 2011 found that Daniel Ortega was re-elected president by...
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Published in: HomeThe Arab Revolution will not be televised in Latin America
The position of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) on the crisis...
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Published in: HomeNicaragua’s broken polity
Nicaragua's struggle against dictatorship three decades ago inspired the world. The small central American country...