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November 23, 2008


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July 18	A murky pact between Liberals & Sandinistas
July 11	Small producers face financial crisis
July 04	Women in Estelí fall prey of the sex trade
June 27	Court dashes third party hopes in municipal elections
June 20	Soldiers accused of campesino murder
June 13	Indigenous people fight for recognition
June 06	Gov't forced to grant fuel subsidy
May 23	CPCs- a Sandinista tool?
May 16	A new method to measure poverty
May 09	Population hit hard by soaring fuel and food prices
May 02	Gov't buys 16% of Unión Fenosa
April 25	The RAAN: a forgotten region
April 25	RAAN suspends elections
April 11	Credit remains largely unavailable to small farmers
April 04	New alliance threatens FMLN
March 28	Ortega briefly severs ties with Colombia
March 14	Controversial internal debt renegotiated
March 07	Ortega–Aleman pact corners Montealegre
February 29	Budget passes after months of debate
February 15	Unions: maquilas are blackmailing the state
February 01	Opposition accuses FSLN of "privatizing" Venezuelan aid
January 25	Dubious court rulings at one year mark
January 18	Inflationary spiral rocks population
December 07	CPCs get judicial seal of approval
November 30	Minimum wage debate heats up
November 09	Panama and Nicaragua sign FTA
November 02	National disaster may force government to freeze debt repayments
October 26	Rain cripples nation
October 19	Latin America's first parliamentary republic?
October 05	US loan program under fire
September 28	RAAN struggles for survival in the aftermath of Felix
September 14	Oil interests revive territorial dispute
September 07	ESSO terminal seized
August 31	Ortega's regional diplomacy tour
August 17	Citizen's Councils: reshaping democracy
August 10	Government & IMF agree on new loan
August 03	Sandinistas celebrate 1979 revolution
July 27	Energy crisis rumbles on
July 20	Ortega and FSLN walk delicate line
July 13	Therapeutic abortion rapidly revisited
July 06	Venezuelan state bank open for business
June 29	Ortega's “ideology tour” draws fire
June 22	Lights out on Unión Fenosa?
June 08	Congress divided over Venezuelan oil deal
June 01	IMF talks move towards compromise
May 25	Judicial appointments tainted by political bias
May 11	Another petrodollar revolution?
April 27	Ortega after 100 days
April 13	Ortega keeps a foot in both camps
March 16	2006: a poor year for human rights
March 09	Government to enter controversial talks with IMF
March 02	Revival of Sam-7 missile controversy
January 26	Ortega takes office – a complex future awaits
2006
November 10	Ortega modest in victory
November 3	New law seeks to end unfair competition
October 27	Polls predict Ortega victory
October 20	Mining industry: low productivity in 2005
October 13	CAFTA fails to benefit small producers
September 29	Controversy over tourism subsidies
September 22	Consumers unite against Unión Fenosa
September 15	Growing concern over possible water privatizacion
September 8	Emigration and poverty threaten children's future
September 1	New left prioritizes gender issues
August 18	IMF pushes for further tax reform
August 11	Venezuelan aid under scrutiny
August 4	The Atlantic Coast : in search of autonomy
July 28	Lewites` death: a new electoral scenario
July 14	Debate continues over education law
June 30	Unión Fenosa: power cuts expose inefficiency
June 23	Public transport crisis: no solution in sight
June 9	Sandinista schizophrenia
May 26	Nicaraguan army: from Sandinista party instrument to national institution
May 26	Oil agreement signed with Venezuela
May 19	Doctors end six month strike
May 12	Lake Nicaragua 's pollution gets critical
May 5	US concerned over presidential elections
April 7	Reforms approved for CAFTA to take effect
March 3	Crisis in Supreme Electoral Council threatens regional and national elections
February 17	Strikes highlight disparity in salaries
January 20	Media subject to economic pressures
January 6	Budget approved in line with IMF
January 6	Interview with Arturo Grigsby
2005
December 12	Unions face big challenges, with women leading the way
November 18	2006 budget proposal prioritizes debt
November 4	Framework Law to end political crisis
October 21	Mining takes off without local participation
October 14	Abuses reported in Biosphere
September 16	Bolaños seeks foreign support to face internal crisis
August 19	Comptroller cancels CENI bonds
July 22	Poverty funds used for debt payment
July 8	Push for investment in hydroelectricity
June 24	Officials implicated in wood trafficking
June 10	Nemagon legacy lives on
May 6	Growing US security concerns
April 15	Companies not ready for CAFTA
March 18	Sandinistas renew their faith in Ortega
February 25	Renewable energy goes to waste
February 18	Other sectors join teachers strike
February 11	End of tax breaks for the media?
February 4	Banking sector in good shape
January 28	HIDROGESA to bail out FENOSA
January 14	Truce defuses government crisis
2004
December 10	Reforms place further limits on Bolaños´power
November 19	Left gains in municipal elections
November 12	Micro-finance chases savings
October 29	Bolaños in spotlight for alleged embezzlement
October 22	FSLN and PLC lead in local elections
October 15	General Water Law
October 1	Trade talks begin with Taiwan
September 24	Legal reforms, a threat to Bolaños
September 17	Municipal elections: still a tight race
September 10	Crisis in court system
August 27	New pension system suspended
August 13	Interview with FSLN founder Tomás Borge
August 6	América Móvil seeks market domination
July 16	Alemán leads PLC Convention from jail
July 9	New FSLN candidates face old ambitions
July 2	Remittances market: competition increases
June 11	Education reforms stalled by budget
June 4	University demonstrations over finances continue
May 28	Region awash with arms traffickers
May 21	Governent accused of false accounting
May 14	Power struggle in the National Assembly
April 30	The political games of Daniel Ortega
April 23	Municipalities in economic crisis
April 16	Hidden agenda to privatize water?
April 2	Aleman back to prison amidst political power game
March 19	Drug traffickers’ paradise
March 5	Governments seeks migration solution.
February 27	Liberals maneuver to free Aleman
February 13	Mass raid on Nicaraguan migrants in Costa Rica
February 6	ENITEL in exchange for debt release
January 22	US embassy renews role in politics
January 9	Twenty years for Aleman


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