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Number 469 | Agosto 2020 |
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Nicaragua
Angels and demons
What political price will the pandemic ultimately exact
from Ortega and Murillo among their own followers?
What political consequences can we expect
from a turnover in business class leadership
after 13 years of the same reelected person?
Will Ortega negotiate electoral reforms
before learning the results of the US elections?
His speech at the annual July 19 commemoration
gave no hint of an answer to these questions.
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua Briefs
DEADLY CELEBRATIONS IN LA TRINIDAD
During the afternoon of July 19, a vehicle carrying FSLN sympathizers was driving through a neighborhood of La Trinidad in the department of Estelí. When... continuar...
Nicaragua
“I want Nicaraguan society to see COSEP with fresh eyes”
This lawyer and businesswoman reflects on the present and future
of Nicaragua’s Superior Council of Private Enterprise (COSEP),
which was founded in 1978 as a coordinating body for
the diverse business associations and think tanks,
She argues for its democratization
and a turnover of leaders.
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El Salvador
What does Bukele represent? What do people see in him?
Where is El Salvador heading? Tensions between
a legislative branch that wants to govern
and an executive branch that wants to legislate
have caused extreme polarization,
made worse by the pandemic,
and it seems it won’t be resolved
until the February 2021 elections.
So far, the majority backs the Executive.... continuar...
Guatemala
Questions about the death of Qawa’ Domingo Choc Ché
The Mayan spiritual leader Domingo Choc Ché
was burned to death on June 6 by a mob in
the village of Chimay, in Petén, Guatemala,
accused of witchcraft by some of his own villagers.
There are many more questions than answers
about the dynamics that led to his lynching,
and thus also about what should be done
that beg vital social answers for Guatemala,
and for our region as a whole. ... continuar...
Internacional
This is a 21st-century epidemic
This pandemic is the product of this society.
It couldn’t have happened at any another time.
It is unimaginable outside of our society,
our world; it belongs to it.
Epidemics will continue to happen;
it’s why we have epidemiologists.
Just as we have firefighters because there are fires.
How do we prevent another pandemic like this one
given that we can’t lock ourselves in every year?
No economy can withstand an annual lockdown.
Therefore, we’ll have to learn.”
That’s a sample of this scientist’s thinking.
Below we offer more of his ideas on the subject.
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a monthly magazine of analysis on Central America