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Nicaragua Archive
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Re: “New Study: Chinese Exports undermine Latin American manufacturing”
By COHA Research Associate Lynn Yi-Ling Tu on February 15, 2012 | 2 CommentsThe article published on your website entitled “Trade Competition from China” by Osvaldo Rosales painted in a somewhat entirely deserved negative light the impacts of such Chinese exports on Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia. However, the region could also view such trade as an opportunity rather than just a threat, and even the ambivalent ongoing... -
Interview with Ambassador of the Republic of Nicaragua Francisco Campbell / Entrevista con el Embajador de la República de Nicaragua Francisco Campbell
By Peter Tase Research Fellow for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on February 9, 2012 | No Comments¿Cómo puede caracterizar las relaciones entre Nicaragua y los Estados Unidos? En este momento, puedo decir que por primera vez en la historia estamos trabajando en la construcción de una relación madura. Cuando el presidente Barack Obama participó en la V cumbre de las Américas en Trinidad y Tobago en... -
Nicaragua: The Other Side
By Fred Morris, Guest Scholar for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs on December 22, 2011 | 31 CommentsIn 2003, Oscar Arias, former president of Costa Rica, appealed to the Constitutional Court (Sala IV), claiming that the article that prohibited the re-election of a president and vice-president was in violation of basic human rights guaranteed by the same Constitution, which declares that all laws must apply equally to... -
The Many Political Faces of Daniel Ortega
By Hannah Stone, COHA Guest Scholar on December 21, 2011 | 5 CommentsWhatever your politics, it is not easy to get at the truth about Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a man whose supporters and detractors often appeared to have taken up their positions long ago and clung to them rigidly, new data be damned. His recent landslide re-election victory is a case... -
Drug Trafficking: Central America’s Dark Shadow
By COHA Research Associate Lauren Mathae on August 16, 2011 | 6 CommentsDrug trafficking through Central America is more threatening than ever before. To combat high levels of organized crime, cartel activity, violence, and institutional corruption, Central American countries must develop coordinated efforts and joint security measures, with a particular focus on community development. The U.S. must recognize its role in the... -
Home, Sweet Home: Migration between Latin American Countries
By COHA Research Associate Alena Hontarava on August 2, 2011 | No CommentsSource: http://lokheilorrainecheung.wordpress.com/ In the final decades of the twentieth century, Latin America – once a prominent destination for migrants – slowly transitioned to become the largest migrant source, mainly as a result of the economic crises that took place in the 1980s. As the number of European and Asian immigrants to...