We have just released our May/June edition of the Global Justice Monitor. It includes the following articles: Bodies of the Innocent: Mass Graves Used to Cover Up Atrocities in Colombia Report from the Left Social Forum Maternal Waiting Homes of Nicaragua Mesoamerica Project: Housing Analysis AFGJ to Support Two Anti-Militarization Meetings News from Nicaragua To…
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Action alerts, Nicaragua
Nicaragua Will NOT Have The Next Coup
The following is Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice’s response to the attention the possibility of a Nicaraguan coup has received in the media today. Nicaragua Will Not Be Next By Chuck Kaufman National Co-Coordinator Nicaragua Network/Alliance for Global Justice While the facts in the Prensa Latina article, “After Honduras, Nicaragua?” on April 22, 2010, and…
News, Nicaragua
Nicaragua News Bulletin (February 23, 2010)
1. Special Committee of National Assembly hears from candidates for expiring posts 2. Senators visit; Nicaraguan-US Relations appear friendly 3. Julio Aviles takes command of Nicaraguan Army 4. Government releases plan to address drought 5. Europeans to observe Atlantic Coast elections on March 7 6. Ministry of Education distributes food for daily meals for one…
Action alerts, Indigenous rights & liberation (Abya Yala, Americas), Nicaragua
Colonists Threaten Indigenous Population
Ask the Nicaraguan government to protect indigenous communities and complete demarcation and titling of indigenous land. Follow the steps below to act now! Despite, or perhaps because of, the Nicaraguan government’s progress in titling and demarcating indigenous land, tensions have risen between settler and indigenous communities, reaching the point of violence. In the South Atlantic…
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Nicaragua News Bulletin
1. National Assembly forms committee to nominate officials 2. Nicaragua sends assistance to Haiti; worries mount about earthquake in Nicaragua 3. Ortega government has distributed over 55,000 property titles 4. US$77 million obtained for Polaris geothermal project 5. Talks begin on free trade agreement among ALBA countries 6. Artisans improve their quality of life 7.…
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Nicaragua News Bulletin
1. Ortega issues decree allowing government officials to continue in office 2. US intelligence document calls Aleman an obstacle to a united opposition 3. Battle between ENACAL and unions continues 4. Government says there is enough food in spite of El Niño 5. In one town 13% of examined workers have kidney disease; Managua encampment…
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Nicaragua News Bulletin
1. Severe drought affects Madriz and Nueva Segovia 2. 2009 – A good year in the Mining Triangle 3. Leon and Chinandega close out the year working on reforestation 4. Liberal Parties negotiate appointments to Supreme Electoral Council 5. Supreme Court ends year with cases pending
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Nicaragua Network Hotline
1. Tax reform and budget bills before National Assembly 2. Conservative forces in European Parliament pass resolution condemning Nicaragua 3. Ortega says OAS Democratic Charter is dead after Honduran elections 4. Hotel in Solentiname taken from Ernesto Cardenal’s group 5. Free Trade Zones report 6. Grant Gallup dies
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Nicaragua Network Hotline (October 6, 2009)
1. Committee approves bill to benefit micro-finance debtors 3. Yota wins telephone contract 3. Bishop Mata mediates another attempt at Liberal unity 4. Civil society groups call for tax reform 5. Government finances businesses and employment in San Juan de Limay 6. Two children die of hemorrhagic dengue as toll reaches eight
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Nicaragua Network Hotline (September 29, 2009)
1. “No Pay” Movement blamed for Nicaraguan credit crisis 2. Honduran coup freezes Central American trade; Halleslevens says no troop movements 3. Nicaragua-US diplomatic and military relations move forward 4. Awas Tigni leaders clarify land sale accusation 5. Construction of 1,450 “Houses for the People” advances 6. Meeting in Matagalpa on legalization of therapeutic abortion
