RSSOn August 19th, 2008, Taiwan’s new president Ma Ying-Jeou concluded his first trip to Latin America, one of the most important geopolitical regions in the world for his island nation. The purpose of the trip was to attend the inaugurations of Dominican Republic president, Leonel Fernandéz, and hi[...]
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No Parting Consolation for Trivelli
On July 27, in one of his final acts as U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua, Paul Trivelli floated an interesting arms proposal to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. The agreement was to provide Nicaragua with medical aid in return for the destruction of 675 of its Cold War-era Soviet surface-to-air miss[...]
Analysis: Will Iran energy project work?
CARMEN GENTILE Iran has made yet another lofty development pledge to Nicaragua, this time in the form of a $230 million hydroelectric dam for the poor and oft-energy-short Central American nation. However, some speculate that the more than $500 million in projects promised by Tehran over the last 18[...]
Nicaragua: The Second Coming of Daniel Ortega
Daniel Ortega has never been more possessed by a rip tide than since last year’s November elections projected him into the presidency of his poverty-stricken nation. But the electorate may not have been exactly certain if the man they were choosing to head the nation was or was not a man of Jesus [...]
To Risk Not Saving a Life: Abortion Ban in Nicaragua and its Societal Implications
- Once a born again Marxist and now upholding an ultramontane pedigree, the question is which is which when it comes to the puzzling Daniel Ortega?
- The mortmain of the Church when it comes to issues of justice and personal rights.
November 16th, 2007 - 12:41 pm § in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mercosur, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Press Releases, Venezuela
Pluralism Bursts into the Western Hemisphere
* While Russia, Europe and China are wooing Latin America and the Caribbean the
October 8th, 2007 - 10:44 am § in In the News, Nicaragua
Bond investors take dim view of Ortega of Nicaragua
By Lester Pimentel – Bloomberg News NEW YORK: As far as bond investors are concerned, President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua is returning to his Sandinista roots. Yields on Nicaraguan debt have risen to the highest level in Latin America since Ortega aligned himself with Iran and Venezuela, seiz[...]
September 26th, 2007 - 10:24 am § in Caribbean, Front Page, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Press Releases, United Nations, Venezuela
Disaster Relief in the Caribbean Basin: Getting on the Right Side of Washington is No Easy Matter
Hurricane season has made itself known to the Caribbean Basin as multiple tropical storms and two category-five hurricanes have ravaged Central America. This is the first time two storms of this magnitude have hit in the same area in a single month since record keeping for the region began over one[...]
August 29th, 2007 - 9:08 am § in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Cuba, Front Page, Mercosur, Nicaragua, Press Releases, Uruguay, Venezuela
Competition, Contributions and Contracts: Chávez’s Checkbook Mission in the Caribbean Basin
While crowds of cheering supporters gathered outside the National Assembly in Venezuela on Wednesday, August 15, President Hugo Chávez outlined what could be the most radical phase of his proposed amendments to the constitution yet, the elimination of any term limits on the re-election of any cand[...]
August 13th, 2007 - 12:00 pm § in Costa Rica, Front Page, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Press Releases, Reports
Pesticide’s Victims Will Finally Come Before a U.S. Court
Banned Products Return Home after Being Sprayed on U.S.-bound Crops For the period of May, 2007, the USDA reported the total value of monthly agricultural imports to the U.S. amounted to $6.1 billion. Of that total value, 15 percent arrived here from Mexico, 15 percent from Canada, three percent f[...]