http://dir.salon.com/topics/nicaragua/?source=rss&aim=nicaragua en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:02:00 PST By Lydia Chávez Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/08/ortega/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/02/08/ortega/index.html?source=rss 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 Cary Tennis Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/04/serving_humanity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/01/04/serving_humanity/index.html?source=rss I want to serve others, but I don't want to be bored or uncomfortable doing it. By Sarah Goldstein Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/22/nicaragua_deaths/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/22/nicaragua_deaths/index.html?source=rss One of the chilling effects of the new abortion ban is that doctors are afraid to do their jobs. By Page Rockwell Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/20/nicaragua/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/20/nicaragua/index.html?source=rss The new ban has no exceptions, not even to save a mother's life. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/06/ortega/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/11/06/ortega/index.html?source=rss Meet the new Nicaraguan president. Same as the old one. By Page Rockwell Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/27/nicaragua/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/27/nicaragua/index.html?source=rss The country's abortion policy goes from "illegal, with rare exceptions" to "illegal, with no exceptions." By Robert Parry Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/25/contra/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/25/contra/index.html?source=rss 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 Martin Sieff Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/05/28/negroponte/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/05/28/negroponte/index.html?source=rss 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 Suzy Hansen Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/int/2002/12/10/belli/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2002/12/10/belli/index.html?source=rss Gioconda Belli talks about leaving her marriage for Nicaragua's Sandinistas and a tumultuous life of love affairs, espionage and power struggles. By Gary Kamiya Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/12/10/abrams/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/12/10/abrams/index.html?source=rss 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 Jack Boulware Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2000/06/20/nicaragua/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2000/06/20/nicaragua/index.html?source=rss A new study shows that Nicaraguan hookers use more condoms in motel rooms than non-hookers. By Jason Wilson Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:02:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/05/13/corn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/05/13/corn/index.html?source=rss 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.