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Karla Jacobs: Interview with Marcia Saavedra
Tuesday, 11 May 2010, 5:10 pm | Karla Jacobs
Marcia Saavedra is a Nicaraguan activist with many years experience within the women's movement. For eight years she worked with Ixchen , one of the most important organizations in terms of the defence and protection of women's rights in Nicaragua. She has also ... More >>
Saving Bosawás - a daunting but urgent task
Wednesday, 24 February 2010, 11:12 am | Karla Jacobs
In early January President Daniel Ortega instructed the Attorney General's Office to make full use of the measures contemplated in national legislation in an attempt to ensure the defence of the nation's Biosphere Reserves - Bosawás and Indio Maz. ... More >>
Corporate media in Nicaragua and its counterparts
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 9:07 am | Karla Jacobs
In Nicaragua, as in many other nations around the world, the onslaught of global capitalism has turned the main national media outlets into obstacles between society and information essential for social wellbeing. Relevant information, opinions and ... More >>
Nicaraguan education: a giant and inspiring task
Friday, 12 December 2008, 10:36 am | Karla Jacobs
The new Nicaraguan education : a giant and inspiring task Interview with Miguel de Castilla, Minister of Education By Karla Jacobs , More >>
Nicaraguan elections: a clean sweep for the FSLN?
Thursday, 6 November 2008, 2:48 pm | Karla Jacobs
If you believe what the Nicaraguan and international corporate media say about the upcoming municipal elections you will be outraged about the sorry state of the country's electoral authority, the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE), which, in cahoots with ... More >>
US Nicaraguan relations may be on downward spiral
Tuesday, 19 August 2008, 12:54 am | Karla Jacobs
Except for a couple of US multinational companies which ended their operations in the Nicaraguan Free Trade Zones earlier this year after a modest increase in the minimum wage, US and other international capital has not fled the country since Sandinista ... More >>
Food security initiatives from the South
Wednesday, 18 June 2008, 11:44 am | Karla Jacobs
The "international community" (namely, rich country governments and the multilateral international organizations they dominate) succeeded in demonstrating its unwillingness to resolve the global majority's severe food insecurity during the Food and Agriculture ... More >>