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 an... more
Views: 144Child 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. Whi... 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 evidenc... more
Views: 1978Carlos 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 on... 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 tel... 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... more
Views: 1913Nicaragua 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 ... more
Views: 1866Don’t Be Pol Pot, Be Ortega: Madhav Nepal
Region: NepalGeneral Secretary of the United Marxist-Leninist (UML), speaking in an election campaign gathering in Kathmandu today said that Nepal’s Maoists were terrorists and monarchists working against the very norms of democr... more
Views: 1445In 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 ... more
Views: 1307Sandinista Assault On Human Rights Marchers Highlights Worldwide Hypocrisy
Region: United StatesAnother day in December should live in infamy, December 10th, 2008 saw International Human Rights day marked by a humanrights march in Managua, Nicaragua assaulted by Sandinista thugs (New York Times, Thursday 11 December ... more
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