http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/558/ en_GB_uk Nicaragua http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83047 Photos, video clips, and diary entries from one woman's trip to an agricultural community in rural Nicaragua acquaint readers with women like Leticia and Betilde, who each survive on less than $1 a day. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/153155/1/ In the wake of the devastating Hurricane Felix, aid organizations are emphasizing that disasters must be met with both immediate aid and sustainable redevelopment efforts, with a particular focus on women. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80157 Hundreds of families lost their homes and all their possessions when Hurricane Felix ripped through rural villages along Nicaragua's north Atlantic coast, reports an international women's group raising money to support the victims. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80128 An international human rights monitor has called on the Nicaraguan Supreme Court to repeal a blanket ban on abortion passed late last year that prohibits abortion even in cases of rape, incest, or life-threatening pregnancy. From: Human Rights Watch http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/145967/1/ A fire burned much of the Nicaraguan town of Waspam last week, destroying many homes and a marketplace that more than 100 communities depend on for their livelihoods. A U.S.-based human rights group breaks the news in a letter to supporters. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/142591/1/ Farmers helping their brothers, so that they can help themselves to find solutions and not be dependent on the technician or on the bank. That is Campesino a Campesino. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/75741 Debt campaigners are pleased about Friday's decision to waive odious debts assigned to five Latin American countries, but are concerned that the relief could still be watered down and subject to unfair conditions. From: Jubilee USA http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/75570 Nicargua has become the third country in the western hemisphere to outlaw abortion entirely, even in cases of rape and incest and when the woman's life is at risk. http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/75437 Nicaragua is gearing up for its national elections on Sunday, November 5. For the last year, Nicaragua's complicated electoral panorama has been further convoluted by a string of U.S. representatives seeking to ward off an electoral victory by Sandinista (FSLN) leader and former president Daniel Ortega. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/139777/1/ Two former warring rivals have set aside their differences to work through the political system to promote a common vision of peace and development. From: Minority Rights Group International http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/73876 El Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos CENIDH, por medio del Director Ejecutivo, el Doctor Bayardo Izabá Soliz, interpuso el 03 de agosto ante la Fiscalía General de la República, una denuncia formal contra el Director de la Policía Nacional, el Primer Comisionado Edwin Cordero Ardila. http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/71812 In Nicaragua, the US government continues to flex its muscles to achieve an electoral defeat of Daniel Ortega in the November presidential elections. Ortega, president during the Sandinista revolution in the 1980s, is running for president for the fourth time since his first defeat in 1990. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70677 Since it's founding in 1982 Operation Smile has been providing free reconstructive surgery to children with facial deformities in 24 countries around the world, helping end the isolation, embarrassment, and health problems associated with cleft lips and cleft palates. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/69534 Earlier this year a debt cancellation package was agreed for 18 of the world's most impoverished countries, but now the IMF has announced a final test must be passed by six of them to qualify for the January write-off. Africa Action wants you to join them this week in telling the IMF that more delays cost more lives! http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/65762 Nicaraguan fruit plantation workers, exposed to the pesticide Nemagon used by Dole, Chiquita, and Del Monte in the 1970s, are today suffering from incurable illness and many of their children were born with horrific deformities. Though the chemical was known to be toxic to humans and banned in the United States, the companies continued to use it in other countries without disclosing the health risks. The workers have never been compensated.