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...ruling Sandinistas, however, are having none of it. Earlier this month, the government cancelled the electoral status of the MRS, charging that it hadn't complied with all the technical requirements to register for upcoming municipal elections. The MRS claims the decision was a political move to eliminate challenges to Ortega. Excluded from the polls, the dissident Sandinistas have taken their challenge to the streets - Ortega's traditional territory - and challenge him for the historical memory and mystica of the Sandinista revolution...
...Nicaraguan identity because "there is no one greater who has fought in the defense of national sovereignty and against foreign intervention." A Nicaraguan peasant who led guerrilla raids against the U.S. military occupation of Nicaragua in from 1927-1932, Sandino has been elevated in the national mythology to superhuman status, and his writings are revered as scripture among Sandinistas - and just as with scripture, virtually everyone can find things in Sandino's writings to reinforce their own political positions. Diaz Lacayo notes that even the right wing has attempted to claim Sandino by arguing that his writings prove "Sandino himself...
...relevant trend here, says Ronnie Screwvala, CEO of rising movie company UTV Software in Mumbai, isn't Bollywood buying up Hollywood, it's new, cash-rich Asia buying old, status-rich America and Europe. Think Tata Motors buying Jaguar and Land Rover, or even last month's announcement that the Times of India group will buy Britain's Virgin Radio. The tremendous growth in some parts of the Indian economy over the past few years has created a group of companies that can suddenly buy assets globally. "Internationally they are very competitive and thanks to the downturn in places like...
...find this is a common view, echoed from Lands End to John o'Groats, and with very good reason. Blair's ideas detailed in this article bear little difference from much of his work as British Prime Minister; hollow, disingenuous and designed to give him a godlike status. His deeds - and those of his unelected inner circle of cronies - have left the British public with little faith in politics and politicians, let alone religion. Colin Wright, County Down, Northern Ireland...
...surprising that the HIV discussion is so hard to have. Death isn't much of an aphrodisiac. But Chiasson and her colleagues have found that men who watch The Morning After are three times more likely to disclose their HIV status the next time they hook up. That's not a bad start...