Nicaraguans Support Law Protecting the Integrity of Women
Region: NicaraguaWritten by Norman Garcia · Translated by Marianna Breytma In April, a campaign called “I Support Law 779″ was launched on social networks to demand that a law protecting the physical, psychological and moral integrity of women be respected. The campaign consisted of writing a supportive phrase, taking a photo with the phrase, and uploading it with the tag #yoapoyolaley779 [1] [es] (#ISuppor... more
Views: 134Child Labor Continues Despite New Laws In Nicaragua
Region: Nicaragua
Written by Juliana Rincón Parra It hasn't been easy to try and stop child labor in Nicaragua, and the following videos provide a look into the reasons why many children are still working despite the new laws. While some families are seeing value in getting their children educated and are responding to awareness campaigns, for others child labor is the way they keep their families afloat. While the law esta... more
Views: 1134Support Continues To Grow For Jason Puracal, An American Wrongfully Imprisoned In Nicaragua
Region: NicaraguaJason Puracal photographed in prison On August 29, 2011, U.S. citizen Jason Puracal was wrongfully convicted in Nicaragua of international money laundering, drug trafficking, and organized crime despite conclusive evidence of his innocence. Jason has been sentenced to twenty two years in La Modelo maximum-security prison located outside of Nicaragua's capital city of Managua. Jason moved from Seattle to Nicaragua i... more
Views: 1978Nicaragua: Telecom Company CLARO Censors Clients
Region: Nicaragua
Written by Norman Garcia This past November 29, some less-than-satisfied customers decided to start a blog complaining about the telecommunications company CLARO Nicaragua [1] [es], a subsidiary of América Móvil [2] consortium which belongs to the most wealthy man in the world, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú. The blog is called Claro que NO! [3... more
Views: 1132Carlos de Nicaragua y Familia "Militante"
Region: NicaraguaTalk about “cross-cultural”: a musician from Nicaragua living in France and singing a fusion of Jamaican reggae and Latin salsa in English and Spanish. Born as Carlos Wiltshire, the name he goes by comes not only from his country of origin, but in honor of the great Indian chief Nicarao Cai, considered to be the founder of Nicaragua. Interestingly, the Atlantic coast of the country, where Carlos is original... more
Views: 1531Nicaraguan Farmers Express Thoughts on Rural Development Through Video
Region: Nicaragua
Seed by theogeo http://www.flickr.com/photos/theogeo/ / CC BY 2.0 The Alzar las Voces (Raise the Voices) project in Nicaragua brings farmers in rural communities the possibility to speak out through video telling of their concerns, their projects, their wishes and ideas. There are six organizations in Matagalpa Honduras who are working on this project including women's collectives, Matagalpa Organization... more
Views: 1877Nicaraguan Protesters Pay Visit to Former President
Region: Nicaragua
Posted by Rodrigo Peñalba to Global Voices Online The hunger strike by Dora Maria Tellez to stop the Supreme Electoral Court from banning the Sandinista Renovation Party for this year's municipal elections lasted 13 days. However, it did not stop the banning of the political party. Since then, there have been new protests and meetings to oppose the political and economical measures of the goverment. Within t... more
Views: 1912Nicaragua Microloan Program Under Scrutiny
Region: Nicaragua
Posted by Rodrigo Peñalba Last Sunday on “Esta Semana”, a 60 Minutes-style TV news program in Nicaragua, a report took and in-depth look at Usura Cero (Zero Usury), a goverment-financed program that gives soft loans to women-led microbusinesses. But Naren Mayorga from ¿Y ahora de que vamos a hablar? [es] summarizes the scope of the program: Lo poco que se sabe del mismo es que se ofre... more
Views: 1866In Nicaragua, Real and Hypothetical Political Twitters
Region: NicaraguaPosted by Rodrigo Peñalba to Global Voices Online From the Twitter account of the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon: Meeting Mr. Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua, President-elect of the 63rd session of the General Assembly Thanks to Twitter now we know when Ban Ki-Moon meet the Nicaraguan ambassador, Miguel d'Escoto, who is a US born priest who was into the Liberation Theology mov... more
Views: 1307Nicaragua: Open Source Software in Public Institutions
Region: Nicaragua
“Territorio Liberado”, or Freed Land is an expression born in the 1970s to mark the end of the dictatorship or government of Anatasio Somoza in a particular city or region. These days, local Linux and Open Source groups are talking now about a new kind of freedom: the freedom to create and develop their own software and technologies, without restrictive licences or inhibitive costs. The blogger LEOGG has b... more
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