TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013
Nicaragua News Bulletin (July 23, 2013)
1. Massive crowd celebrates 34th anniversary of revolution in Managua
2. Ortega signs decree mandating small pensions under Social Security
3. Nicaragua has trade surplus with US under CAFTA; US denies transparency waiver
4. Nicaragua winning battle against maternal deaths
5. Community policing model reducing crime
6. Long-time Los Angeles activist honored in Nicaragua
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2013
Reports on the Nicaragua Climate Change Delegation
Climate Change, Water, and Sustainability
June 10 - 21, 2013
On June 21, the members of the Nicaragua Network Climate Change delegation returned to the US. They had been in Nicaragua at a momentous time. On June 14, in the middle of their stay in Nicaragua, President Daniel Ortega and Hong Kong businessman signed an agreement to begin feasibility studies on a shipping canal across Nicaragua and, if the studies are positive, build an estimated US$40 billion multifaceted project that will change Nicaragua for ever.
TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013
Nicaragua News Bulletin (July 16, 2013)
1. Snowden thanks Nicaragua; US threatens consequences; spying further exposed
2. Liberals celebrate July 11; Ortega rates high in another poll; Arturo Cruz dies
3. Canal briefs: chief engineer, reforestation, employment predictions
4. Violence against women continues; more special gender prosecutors needed
5. Program improves child health and nutrition on the Caribbean Coast
6. Well-regarded Esteli foundation threatened by land grabbers
7. Turtle protection measures in place
8. Nicaraguan student earns top US tennis rating
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TUESDAY, JULY 09, 2013
Nicaragua News Bulletin (July 9, 2013)
1. Ortega offers Snowden asylum in Nicaragua
2. RAAS communities challenge canal; botanist gives views
3. Assembly holds hearings in support of petition to expand territorial waters
4. World Bank praises Nicaragua’s use of international aid
5. Repliegue reenacted by 80,000 Sandinista supporters
6. Rains bring increase in dengue fever
7. Election of officials with expired terms may come in September
8. Sight impaired people receive operations and free transit tickets
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TUESDAY, JULY 02, 2013
Nicaragua News Bulletin (July 2, 2013)
1. Petrocaribe summit in Managua lays out plan for economic zone
2. Seniors negotiate agreement with government
3. Environmentalists differ on impact of canal; other canal-related news
4. FIDEG study shows continued slow reduction in poverty
5. Garment factories and unions optimistic
6. Nicaragua sends wishes to South Africa for Mandela
7. US company to dig exploratory oil well off Caribbean Coast
8. 235,000 acres of land reforested since 2007
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SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 2013
Mega, mega, mega project! by Wales Solidarity Cymru
The Nicaragua Network has received a new article from the Wales Solidarity group on the inter-oceanic canal proposal which lays out the pros and cons of the project. Read on!
The world has suddenly woken up to a new story about Nicaragua – the inter-oceanic canal. Anyone who knows the history of Nicaragua will know that the country was in the frame to be the original crossing for the isthmus. That it eventually ended up in Panama had much to do with the geo-politics of the time – and what the United States decided was in its best interests. Throughout the following century, a second canal has been proposed, usually through Nicaragua, sometimes through Mexico. It also has undergone many different permutations – a canal, pure and simple; a canal to Lake Nicaragua, and then make use of a natural waterway; or a ‘dry canal’, Pacific and Atlantic ports connected by a railway. Or, indeed, various combinations of the three.
TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2013
Nicaragua News Bulletin (June 25, 2013)
1. Seniors take over Social Security building in Managua; clashes follow
2. Ten die in Air Force helicopter crash
3. Climate change forum warns of threat to water
4. Outbreak of Type II dengue
5. Rural access to electricity and water continues to grow
6. Small farm in San Ramon example of organic sustainability
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THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2013
Dos Pueblos Plans Trip to Nicaragua!
New York-Tipitapa Sister City Project
Travel With Us To Tipitapa August 3-10, 2013
A few spaces still available! Call now!
Join us August 3-10, 2013 and learn how our communities advocate for improved health through education, potable water projects, workshops and cultural exchange. Dos Pueblos invites medical professionals and concerned citizens to experience how we’re supporting our community’s goals of a long-term, sustainable relationship and community-to-community partnerships that focus on healthcare, education, and community development. The itinerary will include meetings with medical professionals, families, elected officials, neighborhood organizing committees, and participation in workshops, and project sites.
TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013
Nicaragua News Bulletin (June 18, 2013)
1. Ortega and Wang Jing sign canal concession agreement
2. Nicaragua hit by series of earthquakes
3. US drops some claims in advance of the July property waiver
4. Nicaragua receives FAO award for reducing malnutrition
5. Nicaragua 7th most peaceful country in Latin America
6. Campaign to end child labor and sexual exploitation
7. Solka case reversed by US court
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MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013
Book Review: A True History of the Anti-Contra War Campaign
by Chuck Kaufman
A Call to Conscience: The Anti-Contra War Campaign
by Roger Peace
University of Massachusetts Press
American History / American Studies
302 pp., 1 map
$28.95 paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-932-4
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