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Number 311 | Junio 2007 |
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Nicaragua
The Sound of Silence and The Noise of Tola
“Silence gives consent,” goes the saying.
What consent, then, is the Ortega
government’s silence giving, and to whom?
What does that silence say about “Tolagate”?
We’ll try to put words to some of this muteness.... continuar...
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA BRIEFS
OPPOSITION UNITY SEESAWS During the May 19 celebration of Sandino’s birth, President Ortega disparaged the various proposals for organizing and consolidating a unified opposition to his government.... continuar...
Nicaragua
In Defense of the Existing Civic Participation
An official of the Civil Coordinator, the country’s leading civil society umbrella, explains her organization’s take on the national reality under the new government.... continuar...
Nicaragua
“Gerardo Miranda And We the Thieves”
What will become of Carlos Fernando Chamorro’s investigation
into an extortion case linked to top FSLN leaders?
Will the accused be punished or the accusers?
Sadly, despite the revolution of the 1980s,
the words his father used over 30 years ago
to denounce the Somoza regime’s corruption
and its rhetorical tricks to evade any responsibility
seem as relevant in today’s Nicaragua as they were then. ... continuar...
Nicaragua
From Telescopic to Microscopic: Three Youth Gang Members Speak
Only proximity can help us understand the motivations,
strategies and dead ends in the lives of youth gang members.
Let’s trade the sociological telescope and macro-explanations
for a strong microscope to zoom in on three personal stories
and improve our understanding of the
best paths to rehabilitation.... continuar...
Nicaragua
We Barely Know the Wealth of Biodiversity Surrounding Us
A research biologist shares information and experiences regarding Nicaragua’s biodiversity, our limited knowledge of it, the threats it faces, and the chances we still have to understand, defend and rescue it.... continuar...
Guatemala
Organized Crime is Embedded In the Public Institutions
February’s murder in Guatemala of three Salvadoran
representatives to the Central American Parliament—
including ARENA founder Roberto D´Aubuisson’s son—
is the most revealing case among many of organizad crime’s
penetration of and even encrustation in Guatemala’s public institutions.... continuar...
Costa Rica
Reforms to the Migratory Law: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Costa Rica’s draconian Migratory Law
has been in effect for almost a year and
there are already moves to fill in its gaps
and rectify some of its more negative aspects.
The new text softens the legal texture,
but so far doesn’t make the final flavor
much less bitter than the original.
A lot is still to be done.... continuar...
América Latina
Media Content as Social Property
Another kind of communication is possible.
For it to exist, we have to fight for social ownership of the media,
for an “agrarian reform” of the air and the radio spectrum.
Latin American radio stations today have to raise
a banner for content as social property.... continuar...
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a monthly magazine of analysis on Central America