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Number 420 | Julio 2016 |
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Nicaragua
No bridge over these troubled waters
The pre-electoral scene has taken a very problematic turn.
If the November 6 elections threatened to lack transparency,
that fear has been dwarfed by the fact that they’ll lack competitors.
Where are Daniel Ortega’s decisions taking the country?
With the electoral path made an utter mockery,
the armed route unappealing after painful historical experience
and the road of civic protest always long and uncertain,
where are these troubled waters carrying us
and what bridge might get us across?
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua briets
INVOKE THE DEMOCRATIC CHARTER?
In mid-June, Violeta Granera, the National Coalition for Democracy’s vice presidential candidate before it was disqualified from running, participated in different... continuar...
Nicaragua
The civic path is taking on tinges of rebellion
This long-time Liberal politician,
now with the Independent Liberal Party—
which has just been stripped of its legal status
and thus can’t run in the November 6 elections—
analyzes some aspects of the situation
facing Liberalism and the country
as a whole.
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Nicaragua
A chronicle of guerrilla warfare and mosaic pieces of the Mosquitia
These extracts from the author’s extensive book,
A chronicle of guerrilla warfare (1982-2007)
aren’t necessarily the best or most important
but they give an idea of the book’s detailed description,
the complexity of the analysis and the wealth of information
required to understand the roots and evolution of the
Miskitus’ guerrilla tactics against the Nicaraguan revolution.
They’re just appetizers for those who want to know more
and understand better who the Miskitu people are
and how their society has evolved.
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Guatemala
What the CICIG papers have revealed
The progress in the investigations conducted by the
International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala
since the discovery of the “La Línea” corruption scheme
reveals that it wasn’t a case of government leaders
committing isolated acts of corruption,
It was a mafia-like criminal structure
headed by President Otto Pérez Molina
and his Vice President Roxana Baldetti,
who had co-opted the Guatemalan State.
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Internacional
Is the green economy really the new magic formula?
“Green economy” promoters present it as a model
that can resolve the ecological and economic crises.
This article by three members of the
Heinrich Böll Stiftung Green Political Foundation
questions the green economy’s basic assumptions,
hypotheses and proposed solutions.
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Internacional
The subliminal effects of policy messages on the democratic exercise
All public policies, be they penal justice, education,
health, social security, housing, taxes and many more,
transmit subtle messages that teach the citizenry
who is served by these policies and who is not.
They tell people whether participating in the
democratic process is worth it or not,
and if the demeaning encounters
with government are the norm
or the exception.
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a monthly magazine of analysis on Central America