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The Sandinistas: No Exit

The Sandinistas: No Exit

By Daniel Nardini Almost unnoticed in the U.S. news media is the fact that the Nicaraguan government, dominated by the Sandinistas, successfully voted for a new constitution that will allow… Read more »

Communist Cause for Obama?

Communist Cause for Obama?

By Daniel Nardini I have to ask myself if the Tea Party is descending into some kind of extreme right wing downward spiral. When I visited the Tea Party website,… Read more »

Venturing Where Angels Do Not Go

Venturing Where Angels Do Not Go

By Daniel Nardini                                      When I said that Mexico is overall safe, I did not mean that tourists and adventurers should go to places where there might be conflict. I… Read more »

Scotland the Free?

Scotland the Free?

By Daniel Nardini                             For hundreds of years, Scotland had struggled to maintain its independence from England. In 1707, Scotland was joined with England and Wales (later with Ireland) to… Read more »

Nazi Law Still on the Books

Nazi Law Still on the Books

By Daniel Nardini                                          In 1941, the Third Reich passed a law that essentially made women in Germany second class citizens. The Nazi’s view of women at that point was that… Read more »

Getting Away With Crimes Against Humanity

Getting Away With Crimes Against Humanity

By Daniel Nardini Oh this is bad. The Peruvian prosecution in the case of indicting former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori of forcing tens of thousands of poor Peruvian women into… Read more »

CELAC: Marching In The Wrong Direction

CELAC: Marching In The Wrong Direction

By Daniel Nardini The Community for Latin American and Caribbean Countries (CELAC) concluded on January 31st, its fourth annual meeting held in, of all places, Havana, Cuba. Its two main… Read more »

Dominican Republic A Reflection On U.S. Immigration Debate

Dominican Republic A Reflection On U.S. Immigration Debate

By Daniel Nardini U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic, James Brewster, stated that while people should follow the laws in the Dominican Republic, the Dominican government should also try and… Read more »

Believe in the Lord, Or Else!

Believe in the Lord, Or Else!

By Daniel Nardini This one case is one very sad example of how there is still extreme religious and racial discrimination left in this country. This case is about a… Read more »

Will There Really Be No Poor Countries by 2035?

Will There Really Be No Poor Countries by 2035?

By Daniel Nardini It must be really wonderful for someone like Bill Gates to be able to look out his mansion situated on an island and think that most countries… Read more »