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Nicaragua Archive
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Russia and Nicaragua: Working Together To Foil International Drug Trafficking
By Pamela F. Izaguirre and Darya Vakulenko, Research Associates at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on April 10, 2013 | 2 CommentsOn March 19, 2013, the Director of Federal Drug Control Service (FDCS) of the Russian Federation, Viktor Ivanov, arrived in Nicaragua to encourage the development of deeper cooperation in curbing drug trafficking. During his visit, Ivanov participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for laying the foundation of a new regional counter-drug... -
Fallout From Reactionary Costa Rican Road Construction Project The Latest In Chinchilla Corruption Allegations
By Trent Boultinghouse, Research Associate at Council on Hemispheric Affairs. on September 19, 2012 | 3 CommentsThe fallout from a 2010 incident over a historical territory in dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica continues to be a compass of relations between the administrations of Costa Rican president Laura Chinchilla and Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega. The dispute is heavy on nationalistic sentiment but littered with corruption and administrational... -
CAFTA-DR Governments in Contrast to Small-Scale Owners Parcel Engines of Development
By Mar Guinot Aguado, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on August 22, 2012 | 2 CommentsHistorically dependent on their neighbor to the North as the engine for development, the Central American countries agreed to fully open their markets to the United States in the late 2000s. The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR), initiated in 2002 between El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the... -
Reflecting on Esquipulas at 25 While Undoing a Grave Injustice to Vinicio Cerezo
By Larry Birns, Director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs and Research Associate Eric Stadius on August 15, 2012 | 3 CommentsThe 25th Anniversary of the Esquipulas II Accords was celebrated on August 14 at the Organization of American States in conjunction with the Center for International Policy and other regional NGOs. The gathering was called to honor the momentous event in Central American history that helped bring an end to the... -
Legalize Abortion, Save Lives
By Elizabeth Briggs, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs. on July 12, 2012 | 5 CommentsStrong legislative efforts have failed to prevent the approximately 4 million abortions that take place in Latin America annually, very few of which can be considered legal due to the region’s draconian abortion laws.(1) Only Cuba permits unrestricted abortions during the first trimester, while Chile, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic,... -
Geothermal Energy: A New Frontier
By Aisha Espey, Research Associate at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on July 10, 2012 | 3 CommentsHistorically, most of Central America’s energy sector began as state-controlled entities that provided a diverse portfolio of domestically sourced energy. However, during the 1980s and 1990s the region began to adopt neoliberal reforms, leading to the privatization of the energy sector and a series of IMF-directed economic transitions, both Structural...