Topic: Sandinista National Liberation Front
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 02/15
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7 most controversial UN speeches, from Ahmadinejad to Khrushchev
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, slated to speak to the UN General Assembly today, is not the only world leader to have delivered infamous remarks.
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Gallery: Babies in politics
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 04/22
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Carlos Fuentes: Tribute to a Mexican literary and political icon
Carlos Fuentes belonged to a generation of Latin American writers who were both literary and political, author and social commentator. Fuentes was a public intellectual.
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Latin America Monitor
Slain American's legacy continues in Nicaragua
Ben Linder, the only US citizen killed by US-backed contras during Nicaragua’s war in the 1980s, continues to inspire a new generation of foreign activists working with the country's poor.
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Latin America Monitor
Nicaragua divided over death of revolutionary leader
Tomás Borge was the last living founder of Nicaragua’s Sandinista Front for National Liberation (FSLN).
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Family asks UN to help free former Peace Corps volunteer jailed in Nicaragua
Of the 725 US citizens in jail abroad, more than half are behind bars in Latin America. Jason Puracal was imprisoned in November 2010, and his family says the US hasn't done enough in his case.
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In Nicaragua, teachers make only half as much as market vendors
Nicaragua's Sandinista government vowed a 'battle for sixth grade' to combat one of the world's highest dropout rates. But their goals are not reflected in the budget.
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Latin America Monitor
Exporting Nicaragua's citizen security model
Nicaragua could be a citizen security model for other Central American countries to imitate, but some elements are harder to transfer than others, writes guest blogger Hannah Stone.
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Land disputes trigger old racial tensions on Nicaragua's Mosquito Coast
An indigenous community took 12 non-indigenous people hostage, claiming they won't release these 'colonists' until their land is returned to them.
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Latin America Monitor
No credit, no problem: Nicaragua's Ortega pitches 'socialist' bank
Ortega says the Bank of ALBA will give loans to members without conditions to pay for development or social projects.
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The next 'revolution' for Nicaragua: energy independence
Oil dependent Nicaragua is battling high energy costs and trying to build a sustainable economy by focusing on wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal.
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US foes unite: Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega cozies up to Iran's Ahmadinejad
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran will be the guest of honor at the inauguration of Nicaragua's newly-reelected president, Daniel Ortega.
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Global News Blog
2011 Reflections: the end of a landmark year for Latin America
Seven Monitor correspondents reflect on the world's hot spots. In this installment, Sara Miller Llana says Latin America has economically boomed this year as the US and Europe struggle.
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Latin America Monitor
Back to the future in Latin America? Sandinistas, generals, and Manuel Noriega
Back in Panama to serve more prison time, ex-dictator Manuel Noriega might be surprised how little the regional neighborhood has changed, writes guest blogger Mike Allison.
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Latin America Monitor
Discrepancies in Nicaragua election results highlight importance of election observers
The blocking of observers at Nicaragua election sites and a strange pattern of results at the unobserved sites raises serious questions about the victories of Daniel Ortega and his party.
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How a grandmother and aspiring nun became Nicaragua's top cop
National Police Chief Aminta Granera, who once trained to be a Catholic nun, is Nicaragua's most popular public figure, thanks in part to her department's success in fighting organized crime.
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Latin America Monitor
Can Nicaragua continue to play both sides?
The Sandinistas of the Cold War requested aid from countries across the globe, landing themselves in neither the Soviet nor American camps. Today President Daniel Ortega is in many ways following those same steps. But he soon may be forced to make some choices.
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Latin America Monitor
Leftists across Latin America gather for Sao Paulo Forum congress in Nicaragua
The leftists that comprise this group are, in many cases, more divergent than the right-left divide in their own countries, but from the rhetoric you would never know it.
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Venezuela's Chávez bankrolled Nicaragua with $1.6 billion since 2007
Nicaragua's Central Bank released a long-awaited report Wednesday that reveals the government's growing dependency on the oil largesse of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
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Eyeing Middle East, Nicaragua's Ortega quashes weekend protests
The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega organized a massive demonstration to dwarf an anti-Ortega march that was impeded by heavily armed riot police on Saturday.
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Nicaragua opposition unites to contest legality of President Ortega's candidacy
The four Nicaraguan opposition parties on November's ballot will present legal challenges to President Daniel Ortega’s candidacy for a third term in office.
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Backchannels
Watch out Chávez, Fidel Castro now has 100,000 Twitter followers
Tweet-happy Hugo Chávez now has competition. But not even Twitter has been able to persuade Cuba's Fidel Castro of the importance of brevity.
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Nicaragua, Costa Rica both see victory in Hague's ruling on border standoff
The International Court of Justice today ordered Costa Rica and Nicaragua to withdraw all troops, police, and security personnel from a contested border region.
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Backchannels
US to Nicaragua's opposition: We can dance, but you lead
If Nicaragua’s sluggish opposition is waiting for Uncle Sam to swoop in like Superman to rescue Lady Democracy from the grips of mustachioed villain Daniel Ortega, they’re in for a long wait.
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Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega renominated for president, despite term limits
Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega is finishing his second term in office, the maximum allowed under the Constitution. But on Saturday he accepted the Sandinista Party's nomination to run again.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 02/15
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Global News Blog
Mystery shrouds shooting death of Ortega enemy 'Comandante Jahob' in Nicaragua
José Gabriel Garmendia, a former contra who last year launched a one-man insurrection against President Daniel Ortega's government, allegedly died in the Nicaraguan mountains Sunday after being shot.
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