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Former Sandinista revolutionary Ortega is back on top in Nicaragua. Will his alliance with Venezuela -- complete with subsidized oil -- be a model for the rest of Central America?
By Lydia Chávez
February 8, 2007
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I want to serve others, but I don't want to be bored or uncomfortable doing it.
By Cary Tennis
January 4, 2007
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One of the chilling effects of the new abortion ban is that doctors are afraid to do their jobs.
By Sarah Goldstein
November 22, 2006
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The new ban has no exceptions, not even to save a mother's life.
By Page Rockwell
November 20, 2006
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Meet the new Nicaraguan president. Same as the old one.
By Andrew Leonard
November 6, 2006
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The country's abortion policy goes from "illegal, with rare exceptions" to "illegal, with no exceptions."
By Page Rockwell
October 27, 2006
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Derided by the mainstream press and taking on Reagan at the height of his popularity, the freshman senator battled to reveal one of America's ugliest foreign policy secrets.
By Robert Parry
October 25, 2004
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John Negroponte, the new ambassador to Iraq, proved usefully blind to the horrors perpetrated by the Honduran government in the '80s. But after Abu Ghraib, he won't be able to cover up this dirty war.
By Martin Sieff
May 28, 2004
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Gioconda Belli talks about leaving her marriage for Nicaragua's Sandinistas and a tumultuous life of love affairs, espionage and power struggles.
By Suzy Hansen
December 10, 2002
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By naming Iran-contra rogue Elliott Abrams its top policy advisor on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the White House is signaling a hard
pro-Sharon line that could prove disastrous.
By Gary Kamiya
December 10, 2002
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A new study shows that Nicaraguan hookers use more condoms in motel rooms than non-hookers.
By Jack Boulware
June 20, 2000
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On a small Nicaraguan island, two strangers and I find paradise. Naked on a pristine beach, I wonder if there's anything wrong with cliché.
By Jason Wilson
May 13, 2000
Daniel Ortega's new best friend: Hugo Chavez
I went to Nicaragua to help humanity -- now get me out of here, please!
A culture of death in Nicaragua
Viva Sandinista!
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