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...oligarchy is in a profound crisis; it's in its final days," says sociologist Orlando Nunez, author of the briskly selling Oligarchy in Nicaragua...
...According to Nunez, the decline of the oligarchy began even before the Sandinista revolution, when the U.S.-backed Somoza dynasty used its dictatorial power to strip the old-money class of its traditional military and political power. In fact, when economic power began to shift in the 1970s to a new bourgeoisie based in the cotton industry, some of the old landowning oligarchy even sided with the rowdy Sandinista rebels, hoping that the overthrow of the dictatorship would allow them to reclaim lost power. But the Sandinistas had other ideas: After seizing power in the insurrection of 1979, they systematically...
...illegal immigrants. Cisneros concluded the evening with examples of the progress Latinos have made in the past decade, citing figures from singer Gloria Estefan to Red Sox hitter David Ortiz as people who represent a “picture of increasing influence in this nation.” Yomaris Nunez, a member of the Latino Caucus at the Kennedy School, applauded the event. “It’s the one and only time each year that Latino issues are so widely discussed at Harvard,” Nunez said. Political Chair of Harvard RAZA Andrea R. Flores...
...think about the possible obstacles to getting these things done this year, the word Democratic doesn't come to mind." says Fabian Nunez, state assembly speaker, who so far finds little to object to in Schwarzenegger's agenda. "We established a great working relationship with the Governor last year and I don't see why 2007 should be any different...
...long reign as speaker of the state assembly, to emcee his inaugural festivities this weekend. His legislative wish list, particularly the tenets of his universal health insurance proposal, is a more serious sign. "It looks a lot like the plan I unveiled in December, so I'm thrilled," says Nunez, who wants to cover all children in the state and to ask employers and employees to pay a "fair share" of coverage costs...