The Twelve Days that Shook Nicaragua For 12 long and tense days, from November 26 to December 7, Nicaragua’s seemingly interminable political crisis spiraled to spectacular heights. Complex events followed upon each other at a dizzying... continuar...
Nicaragua
Why Two Petty Peddlers Wanted to Buy Electoral Time The recent attempt by Daniel Ortega and Arnoldo Alemán to reactivate the pact they originally hammered out to manipulate the 2001 elections demonstrated the same perverse lack of respect for the country’s... continuar...
Nicaragua
There’s No Quick Way Out of This Crisis It is very hard to fully characterize the crisis Nicaragua is going through right now, because it’s extremely complex. Many interlacing factors have to be borne in mind.
The external factor:
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Nicaragua
The FACS: A Microcosm of National Ills On November 28, the Nicaraguan public was just recovering from the shock of Arnoldo Alemán being transferred from his jail cell to a novel form of “house” arrest that confined him to the municipality... continuar...
Latin American Leaders: Life Inside the Glass Prison The leader is locked in, isolated, prisoner of the indulgent court that controls access to such an important person. But the leader’s prison is made of transparent glass and is well lit. He* is a man... continuar...
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