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ARTS Community Development & Solidarity in Nicaragua: July 2008
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ARTS Community Development and Solidarity in Nicaragua. Sunday, July 27, 2008. I arrived in Masaya on Monday evening, and have since been working on a website for the Consumers Defense Association of Masaya (ACODEMA). You can read about their work in earlier entries: Consumer Rights and Their Violation, and Miceofinance: Why it (Sometimes) Just Doesn´t Work. Roger Lecayo leading a march against water pribatization in 2003. Water is still a public utility. On Tuesday I arrived at the ACODEMA office precee...
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ARTS Community Development & Solidarity in Nicaragua: DANGER! Watch Yourself!
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ARTS Community Development and Solidarity in Nicaragua. Saturday, July 19, 2008. I woke up a few nights ago to a gunshot, and another one, in quick succession. I wasn’t sure it wasn’t a car backfiring, since that’s what I try to convince myself it is at night in New York. But the hour, and the screaming that followed it, assured me that I wasn’t mistaken, and assured that I wouldn’t fall back asleep for quite a while. The next day I asked my Nica grandmother what had gone on the previous night. 8220;Oh&#...
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ARTS Community Development & Solidarity in Nicaragua: June 2008
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ARTS Community Development and Solidarity in Nicaragua. Friday, June 27, 2008. Para llegar al fin a la victoria - Day of Liberation. Yesterday (July 16th) was the 29th anniversary of the liberation of Estelí. I didn´t have work so I went out Tuesday night to a vigil to remember the revolutionaries who died in the war to get Somoza out in the 70´s. On Wednesday I went to a parade and the rally, where Daniel Ortega spoke. He says a lot of stuff that sounds very ideal, and he seems really passionate....
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ARTS Community Development & Solidarity in Nicaragua: Work in Masaya
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ARTS Community Development and Solidarity in Nicaragua. Sunday, July 27, 2008. I arrived in Masaya on Monday evening, and have since been working on a website for the Consumers Defense Association of Masaya (ACODEMA). You can read about their work in earlier entries: Consumer Rights and Their Violation, and Miceofinance: Why it (Sometimes) Just Doesn´t Work. Roger Lecayo leading a march against water pribatization in 2003. Water is still a public utility. On Tuesday I arrived at the ACODEMA office precee...
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ARTS Community Development & Solidarity in Nicaragua: Last Day in Esteli
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ARTS Community Development and Solidarity in Nicaragua. Saturday, July 19, 2008. Last Day in Esteli. It is my last day in Estelí. It is also the day of nationwide liberation of Nicaragua. Most of my family is in Managua celebrating the holiday’s 29th anniversary, but I stayed behind to pack and say good-bye to the city that, if I weren’t already a ride-or-die New Yorker, would have stolen my heart completely. Apparently, the Somoza government’s plan was to stay in power until 1980, when the U.S...It was ...
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ARTS Community Development & Solidarity in Nicaragua: The end of an Era
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ARTS Community Development and Solidarity in Nicaragua. Thursday, July 17, 2008. The end of an Era. My work at the Estelí Library, Acción Ya, and Radio Cumiches ended today. I´m headed to Masaya this weekend to work for my final two weeks with Roger Lecayo and the consumer rights organization ACODEMA, which I wrote about in a previous entry. If you´re interested, look up the entry about Consumer Rights and Microfinance. The Story of a Rose: The end of Women´s Rights in Nicaragua. The end of an Era. ACODE...