· October, 2006

Stories about Nicaragua from October, 2006

Nicaragua: US Conservatives Support Rizo

  31 October 2006

Adam Isacson tries to understand why US columnist Robert Novak and conservative talk show host Oliver North – ” who first made his name illegally running guns to the Nicaraguan anti-Sandinista rebels” – are throwing their support behind José Rizo rather than the White House's favorite in the upcoming Nicaraguan...

Nicaragua: Total Abortion Ban

  27 October 2006

Jennifer Woodard Maderazo covers the controversial (and unanimous) decision by Nicaragua's parliament to implement a total ban on abortion. Costa Rican blogger Julia Ardón has reprinted a public letter signed by the Nicaraguan Association of Writers (ANIDE) [ES] demanding that exceptions be reinstated for women whose lives are threatened by...