Nicaragua — Economic conditions.

  • The Global economy : 3rd World order / Noam Chomsky.

    Talk by Noam Chomsky, noted linguist and political analyst from MIT, about the changing international scene. He begins by pointing to the common view that democracy and free market economies goes together, and goes on to examine the coercive relations between the United States and Central America. He goes on to explore the interrelation between…

  • Nicaragua’s austerity program : war against the poor / CharlesGray ; interviewed by Bob DeBolt.

    Charles Gray, a long time peace and social justice activists who spent 3 years in rural Nicaragua, discusses the impact of the Chamorro government’s austerity program upon the poor. Basic food subsidies have been slashed, the infrastructure is disintegrating, and there is 61% undemployment and underemployment. The core of the problem is the government’s failure…