New York Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Daniel Ortega Saavedra said the financial crisis was God’s way of punishing the United States for trying to impose its economic principles on poor countries.
NewMexiKen (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The crisis isn’t the only scary thing going on. Something very ugly is taking shape on the political scene: as McCain’s chances fade, the crowds at his rallies are, by all accounts, increasingly gripped by insane rage. It’s not just a mob phenomenon — it’s visible in the right-wing media, and to some extent in [...]
Reporters sans frontières (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Reporters Without Borders condemns a government smear campaign against two journalists and NGO directors, Carlos Fernando Chamorro (photo) and Sofía Montenegro. The latest development is a dubious administrative and judicial investigation into 17 NGOs, including theirs, which threatens the right to inform and the right of association. The two journalists are threatened with imprisonment.
World Hum (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Small-town boy Conner Layne graduates from high school, dumps his fianc'e at the altar and leaves for his honeymoon, alone. As he makes his way from Nicaragua to Panama, Colombia and Peru, philosophical realizations about the meaning of travel abound. World Hum Travel Movie Clubbers Eva and Eli go along for the ride in this new DVD release—but will their minds, like Conner’s, be opened to the real...
The Consumerist (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Wow, those iPhones really are amazing. Chris' iPhone can make a call from Nicaragua the same time it's incurring a data roaming charge in Mexico—all without leaving Chris' side in the U.S. Some... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), a global nutrition and direct-selling company, announced that it has begun doing business in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala,
Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
A stationary pressure area in the Pacific is the latest weather concern, particularly for the western part of Costa Rica. The national emergency commission has racheted up the alert even though the system is some distance to the north and west. The U.S. Hurricane Center in Miami reports that the low pressure area is a couple of [...]
Times of India (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair.
Truth Out (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Washington - John McCain's campaign is criticizing Barack Obama for his ties to a former radical who engaged in violent acts four decades ago, but McCain himself was closely connected to a private group that supplied aid to rebels trying to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua during the Iran-Contra affair. The U.S. Council for World Freedom was part of an international organization linked...
thomasfortenberry.net (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
McCain linked to private group in Iran-Contra case By PETE YOST GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair. McCain’s ties are facing renewed scrutiny after his campaign criticized Barack Obama for his link to a former [...]
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Informed Comment: McCain Funded Righwing Contra Death Squads The man gave from his own pocket to support the ultra-right-wing anti-democratic drug-running death squads of the Contras in Nicaragua. Many of the "contras" or members of right wing guerrilla groups fighting the Sandinista government in the 1980s were drug smugglers and terrorists. High government officials of the Reagan and Bush, Sr. administrations...
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair.
Chicago news (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair.
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair.
cbs4denver.com: National Politics (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair.
