Archive for November, 2006
Another joins the gang
Contrary to most commentators expectations, Rafael Correa has been elected President of Ecuador. Correa was written off after failing to win in the first round, but emerged triumphant in the run-off.
Correa’s campaign was built on a strong message of governing to change the lives of the poorest, standing up to the US, and building alliances [...]
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Robert Gates is the latest Cold War monster to be dis-interred by George Bush Jr to take up the reins of the ‘war on terror’. He’s pencilled in to take over from the master of disaster Donald Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary, and be backed by Democrats and Repulicans.
Like many of Bush’s nominations (e.g. John Negroponte) [...]
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South of the border
The relationship with the United States government will again be of fundamental importance to the new Sandinista government. In a speech last week, President elect Daniel Ortega called for better relations with the US, and for the building of a Union for all the Americas. However, he went on to fiercely criticise the US Government’s [...]
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Garifuna Soul
Music from Central America’s Caribbean Coast is rare – in Nicaragua, the best known comes out of Bluefields. The latest edition is the music of the Garifuna, one of the Coast’s indigenous groups, who live in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and around the Pearl Lagoon area of Nicaragua.
The Garifuna’s most exciting artist is Aurelio Martinez, whose [...]
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Time to Deliver
With the dust settling on the Nicaragua elections, people are now watching to see if the FSLN can put together a strategy to deliver change in Nicaragua. Even with the MRS they are still in the minority, though there has already been some Deputies changing parties.
Whatever the horse trading, the Sandinista victory has been welcomed [...]
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Our America
For several years the Wales Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign has been using film and providing speakers to bring people up to date with events in Nicaragua. A number of excellent documentaries have recently been released, looking at Nicaragua’s recent history.
Our America (click here), made be Swiss director Kristina Konrad, tells the story (in German and Spanish) [...]
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See for yourself in Nicaragua
The FSLN’s win has been warmly welcomed in many parts of the world. But it’s victory means it will have to deal with the contradictions in the agreements and promises it made.
The Sandinistas want Nicaragua to be part of ALBA, the Bolivarian alternative for Latin America, but also want the country to be part of [...]
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Reconciliation and intervention
Daniel Ortega has been confirmed as President of Nicaragua. In his only public comment so far, which lasted a minute, he said “We are showing the country that things are stable, that we can set aside our political positions and put first our commitment to pull Nicaragua out of poverty.”
These divisions were reflected in the [...]
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FSLN still on course for victory
With 60 per cent of the votes counted late last night, the current positions are: FSLN – 38.5%; ALN (PLC breakaway) – 30.9%; PLC – 22.9%; MRS (FSLN breakaway) – 7.25%; AC – 0.29%.
The FSLN has gained five per cent over the opinion polls, it seems from the collapse of the MRS vote. The ALN [...]
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The international civil society organisation Ethics and Transparency say Daniel Ortega has won the presidential elections. Reports from their observers based in 1,000 of the 11,000 polling booths, give the FSLN a nine-point lead. They say the result is ‘unalterable’. The actual polling returns so far by the Supreme Electoral Council give the FSLN a [...]
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