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Central American University - UCA  
  Number 376 | Noviembre 2012

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Nicaragua

2012 municipal elections: Chronicle of an outcome foretold
Nicaragua’s municipal elections were on November 4. Almost everything that happened could be seen coming, which means the current scenarios will continue and intensify. Nicaragua has a break from more electoral races until November 2016. Will we by then have constructed a new political scenario?... continuar...

Nicaragua

NICARAGUA BRIEFS
CONTROVERSIAL PURÍSIMA PUBLICITY At the initiative of President Ortega and his wife, the government of Nicaragua took steps to get UNESCO to declare the traditional “La Gritería” as Cultural... continuar...

Nicaragua

How we got to these “low intensity” elections
A seasoned national electoral observer’s appraisal of the political climate and conditions for voters just five days before the November 4 municipal elections.... continuar...

Guatemala

Totonicapán: The story of the first massacre since the peace
On October 4 the army opened fire on indigenous protestors demonstrating for a just cause in the strategic Totonicapán area, whose indigenous population is unusually well organized. This is the chronicle of the events, the historical and political context, the messages left and the lessons learned from this conflict.... continuar...

Costa Rica

From Calero Island to the “Dirt Road”
The boundary dispute between the Nicaraguan and Costa Rican governments has recurred throughout both nations’ republican era. The most recent such conflict flared up in October 2010. And it is still burning. Here is essential data for understanding what happened during these past two years.... continuar...

Centroamérica

The Third Horseman of Neoliberalism: The Neo-Pentecostals (part 5)
Each era produces its own religious products that generate meaning and identity. Neo-Pentecostalism has found its moment in the current “liquid Central America” and is having great success mixing a cocktail of Calvinist managerialism and positive thinking. Is that what Central America’s middle classes are looking for in Neo-Pentecostalism?... continuar...

América Latina

The 7-O results in Venezuela
Read with the outdated lens of the Cold War, the Venezuelan elections were a contest between US imperialism and the continental revolution in a country split in two by opposing political visions for the country and with no viable third option. Below some basic data and a few conclusions about the October 7 (“7-0”) election results.... continuar...

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