http://www.dumb.com/oldtimeradio/

Not in Nicaragua but since I noted MS 13 activity in both Rivas and Grenada I thought i would post here. seems like it could be a good program.

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2012/12/26/15590

I just read an article in Catholic Online titled New 'Panama Canal' project sparking war between Colombia and Nicaragua. The title neither makes sense nor does it really fit with most of the article and the included Al Jazeera video about the canal project.

I am inclined to write it off as fiction but someone clearly came up with the correlation. Any creditble reason behind it?

A worthwhile read.

http://www.worldpolicy.org/sites/default/files/uploaded/image/WPJ-1987-N...

BTW, I have no idea if the author will meet the approval of some on this site, but here is some information that may help you decide.

http://www.worldpolicy.org/about

http://www.worldpolicy.org/andrew-reding

38 years ago today (December 27th 1974) was the assault on the house of Somoza Minister Jose Maria "Chema" Castillo which resulted in the release of Sandinista prisoners among them being Daniel Ortega.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/this-could-be-big-abc-news/lantern-powered-g...

With the head of a coca growers union as president and tossing the US DEA out, the assumption has been that cocaine production would increase in Bolivia. The opposite seems to be the case.

An article in the New York Times details what Bolivia is doing and the apparent progress it is making. That progress includes a decrease in drug-related violence.

The following is a translation of an article written by Cristiana Guevara Mena on today's La Prensa. The great majority of our people is unemployed or underemployed. According to PNUD's statistics our poorest citizen is barely surviving with less than one US dollar per day. Out of this sector of our population living with this kind of budget, offensively inhumane, they have to support a family of at least four more persons.

The recent volcanic excitement in Nicaragua has got me thinking about something I read some time ago about volcanos and global warming. It was not the usual volcanos spew CO2 thus increasing global warming message.

The article had two specific points:

1. Volcanic eruptions increase when the planet heats up.
2. The eruptions decrease, rather than increase, temperatures.

Just waiting for the shuttle and will be at the beach in 12 hours! If anyone is in Masachopa/Pochomil, stop by Casa Larocque and say hi (I will buy the beer). Just behind Vista Mar.

Lola

In 1987 President Daniel Ortega spoke to the UN attacking the US policy of financing the Contra rebels and for having supported the Somoza dictatorship, which he said "bled the Nicaraguan people dry."

His most memorable quote from that speech: "... remember, President Reagan, Rambo only exists in the movies." Words directed at the former actor 'playing' his greatest role may not have missed their mark.

Digital subscription for $5 for 3 months.

Perfect Christmas gift for that Nicaragua-bound friend.

FYI

http://nbclatino.com/2012/12/20/latin-americans-rank-happiest-people-on-...

Perhaps a charitable donation made in someone's name for this worthy Nica charity.

http://www.waves-of-hope.org/#!high-school