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Central American University - UCA |
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Number 290 | Septiembre 2005 |
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![Anuncio](/images/header.jpg) Nicaragua
More of the Same? Or Have We Touched Bottom?
The PLC-FSLN pact keeps getting stronger. Between the government’s political decisions and the opposition pact’s institutional design, Nicaragua’s future seems already written.
With electoral change still far off, the system has collapsed.... continuar...
Nicaragua
NICARAGUA BRIEFS
ELECTORAL BRANCH REELECTS LEADERSHIP After a month without holding its scheduled elections and 25 sessions scheduled then aborted because the three PLC magistrates didn’t show up while the FSLN... continuar...
Nicaragua
“CAFTA Will Be Like a Brand-Name Hurricane Mitch”
Reflections on Nicaragua’s imminent ratification of
the US-Central American Free Trade Agreement and
its implementation in the region by an interested party
who actively tried to influence the negotiations from the side room.... continuar...
Nicaragua
“We in the Coast Have Shown that We Know How to Use Autonomy”
This Caribbean Coast academic shares some of his
critiques and his optimistic reflections on the evolution of the
Caribbean coast region and its peoples in the 15 years
since the first autonomous government was elected.... continuar...
Honduras
A Pact of Impunity Around the Elections
Honduras may appear to be heading towards the elections,
but is actually trapped in a violent, dead-end street.
The two main traditional parties may appear to be rivals,
but are in fact united in their complicity with corruption and drug trafficking.... continuar...
América Latina
States and Laws Reproduce Violence against Women
The permissiveness and omissions of state
laws, institutions and functionaries in response to
the violation of women’s rights are part of gender violence.
The advances have been minimal and the need to
dismantle this theater of illusions is urgent.... continuar...
América Latina
Father Knows Best: A Key to Understanding Us
In Latin America we “sense” the ruler to be a father figure, and the ruler “senses” his power as if the country he rules were his own hacienda. The army and church hierarchy are powerful models of untouchable power and customs have more weight than laws. We aren’t democracies. Why is this? What can help us explain it?... continuar...
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