Envío Digital
 
Central American University - UCA  
  Number 322 | Mayo 2008

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Nicaragua

The Sea, the Ship And the Uncertain Course
The international seas are rough and our ship, its compass out of line, is on an uncertain course. The figurehead at the bow is battered. Does the crew even realize it?... continuar...

Nicaragua

NICARAGUA BRIEFS
THE CENI CONFLICT RAGES ON Continuing the confusing and contradictory way the government has been treating the controversial case of the bank bailout bonds known as CENIs, a judge and a prosecuting... continuar...

Nicaragua

We Have More Important Rights Pending Than Just the Vote
This Miskitu leader, who has fought for autonomy from the earliest days of the indigenous organization Misurasata, shares her reflections on the conflictive reality of Nicaragua’s North Caribbean region.... continuar...

Nicaragua

Youth Gangs and Religion: Links and Differences
With the vital sense of identity that comes of belonging to a group, replete with its legends of heroic actions, its myths of idyllic times and buddies who sacrificed themselves, shared songs and rites, and marked their bodies with crosses, devils and virgins, youth gang members form a kind of religious group. Thus, when it comes time to leave the gang, the most common path is conversion to another religion…... continuar...

Nicaragua

Our Education System Is Increasing Poverty and Inequality
This lifelong educator analyzes the problems with the Nicaraguan education system, this government’s actions and the challenges ahead.... continuar...

Nicaragua

Reflections on the Daily Violation Of the Secular State
This analyst of Nicaragua’s political situation denounces the ongoing violation of the secular state, and firmly explains why we need secularity to build democracy and freedom.... continuar...

El Salvador

A Penitentiary Crisis That Refuses to Go Hawai
Authorities deny any crisis in the country’s penitentiaries and claim any future crises will be resolved by building more prisons. Overcrowding, penitentiary system reforms, the anti-youth gang plans and prison administration by former military officers have deepened the never-resolved penitentiary crisis and are feeding a growing climate of insecurity, delinquency and criminality. Rehabilitating prisoners is the least of anyone’s concerns.... continuar...

Honduras

The Social Movement and the Formal/Real Government Contradiction
Honduran democracy has been hijacked by the two-party system. Social inequality deepens as democracy is hamstrung by formalities. The grassroots movement has been trapped between nostalgia for the clarity of the old struggles and the uncertainties of today’s dispersed energies. But shifts seem to be underway at the community and local level. What kind of social movement can tackle the contradiction between Honduras’ formal government and the real one? ... continuar...

América Latina

Interview with President-Elect Lugo A Change in Paraguay’s “Cathedral”
This interview with then-presidential candidate Fernando Lugo, took place during his visit to Havana, Cuba, in mid-July 2007. As both a priest and a bishop, Lugo worked most of his life from the Liberation Theology perspective of commitment to the poor.... continuar...

América Latina

Initial Statements by President-Elect Fernando Lugo
The following excerpts are from various interviews that appeared in the Latin American and international media just before the elections in Paraguay and in the first days following Fernando Lugo’s victory. They offer an initial political profile of Paraguay’s new President, Latin America’s first bishop to become the elected leader of his country.... continuar...

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