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Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations

Venezuela, Nicaragua… We should have seen it coming

By Christopher Sabatini / chrissabatini / August 9, 2018

The political and human rights crises in Venezuela and Nicaragua were predictable. It may have been preventable too, if media, multilateral institutions and governments had reacted to the obvious and documented warning signs.

Economics, Trade & Development

Nicaragua: How Ortega’s fragile alliance of the elite set the stage for crisis

By Javier Gutiérrez / jantgut / August 3, 2018

The Nicaraguan economy grew at the fourth fastest rate in Latin America in 2017, but the lack of democracy and shared prosperity led to the violent crisis unfolding in the country.

Democracy & Elections

Nicaragua: Continuities and ruptures of a crisis

By Salvador Martí / August 2, 2018

There’s a long road ahead towards the regeneration of Nicaraguan political life after years of democratic dismantling in the country.

Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations

With the Nicaragua vote the OAS proves its (limited) relevance

By Christopher Sabatini / chrissabatini / July 20, 2018

The rogue ALBA states are no longer the only threats to the survival of the OAS. Its action on Nicaragua proves why we need it now more than ever.

Democracy & Elections

Hear no evil, see no evil: Daniel Ortega in the midst of a crisis

By Orlando J. Pérez / July 13, 2018

Daniel Ortega has dug in his heels against a mediated solution to the crisis in Nicaragua. His intransigence and the politicization of the state makes it difficult to find a mediated exit to a looming civil war.

Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations

Highlights from the confirmation hearing of Kimberly Breier for Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs

By William Naylor / wm_naylor / June 29, 2018

We watched the confirmation hearings for the top diplomatic post in the Americas so you don’t have to. Among the highlights are exchanges on TPS, strengthening the OAS, and the crisis in Nicaragua.

Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations

Why people migrate: A plea for empathy from Nicaragua

By Benjamin Waddell / June 27, 2018

The thousands of brave souls currently leaving Nicaragua are not doing so because they want to. Whether due to political persecution or out of economic necessity, they are fleeing for their lives.

From the Classroom

Preguntas de una hija de la posguerra en Nicaragua

By Fiore Stella Bran Aragón / June 8, 2018

Como hija de la posguerra, nacida en la década de los 90, nunca pensé ser testigo de una dictadura brutal como de la que me hablaban mis padres y abuelos. Pero ante esa repetición terrorífica de la historia de la dictadura, surgen muchas preguntas. Aquí planteo algunas.

Politics

Does inequality drive corruption and unethical behavior?

By Benjamin Waddell / May 31, 2018

Like their conservative predecessors, left-leaning presidents in Latin America have shown a tendency to fall for the vice of corruption. Recent studies argue the causes stem from more than just an absence of ethics but also high levels of inequality.

Democracy & Elections

Nicaragua’s struggle for dignity and survival

By Evan Ellis / REvanEllis / May 27, 2018

The protests and reactions to popular protests in Nicaragua may be a precursor to the political and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. This time is anyone willing to stand up to prevent the arguably inevitable?