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Animal trafficking is monkey business

Animal trafficking is monkey business
When you Google Granada, many of the same adjectives are repeated: quaint, colonial, charming. Given that my Google search was primarily to identify where I’d spend a week learning Spanish, all these adjectives added up—in my imagination, at least—to a...
February 27, 2013 · 6 Comments

Let’s end violence against women

Let’s end violence against women

Editor’s note: the following is the speech that human rights activist Bianca Jagger delivered to the International Poetry Festival of Granada on Feb. 18, 2013   It is an honour to be speaking to you at the International Poetry Festival...
February 24, 2013 · 2 Comments

Pitaya Festival prepares to rock Playa Hermosa

Pitaya Festival prepares to rock Playa Hermosa

Drive 6.6 kilometers south of San Juan del Sur, through a jungle of howler monkeys and over multiple dried river crossings, and you will arrive at a 3 km-long gorgeous, sandy white beach that produces enough variety of right and...
February 17, 2013 · 4 Comments

Was Clinton really a friend to Latin America?

Was Clinton really a friend to Latin America?

Opinion. It is to be expected that the U.S. Ambassador Phyllis Powers would offer a message of support to outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. But it’s also to be expected that those disappointed by U.S. policies toward Latin America...
February 8, 2013 · 4 Comments

Recognizing the trappings of dictatorship

Recognizing the trappings of dictatorship

Opinion. Throughout the history of our country, almost every person who has reached the Presidency of the Republic has been considered “the chosen one”—a sanctified individual who is the only person capable of leading the country. Commonly, these individuals demonstrate...
February 6, 2013 · 12 Comments

Latin American entrepreneurs meet in Nicaragua

Latin American entrepreneurs meet in Nicaragua

Opinion. Thirty-six entrepreneurs representing 25 companies from Mexico to Chile arrived in Managua, Nicaragua this week for the start of Agora Partnerships’ Entrepreneur Retreat, a four-day kick-off to Agora’s Impact Accelerator. The phrase Impact Accelerator refers to a program that...
January 31, 2013 · 3 Comments

Aloe Vera: nature’s wonder plant

Aloe Vera: nature’s wonder plant

Opinion. Aloe vera originated in Northern Africa, but today it can be found throughout the world. Here in Nicaragua, it grows in abundance. I have five aloe vera plants growing in my yard in Granada. Aloe vera is one of...
January 30, 2013 · 7 Comments

Family Roots: staying connected with Nicaragua

Family Roots: staying connected with Nicaragua

Like many Nicas, I left my beloved Nicaragua in the 1980s during to the war between the Sandinistas and Contras. I immigrated to the United States, where I still live today. I married a wonderful woman and we now have...
January 23, 2013 · 12 Comments