On AlterNet: nicaragua

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Will Latin American Leaders Wake Up The U.S. And Revolutionize Drug Policy?

Jeffrey Dhywood, AlterNet. March 7, 2012.

Latin Americans realize they are bearing the brunt of a war that has been imposed on them, and are increasingly eager to assert their independence.

Afghanistan: How the War Hawks Caged Obama

Robert Parry, Consortium News. December 12, 2009.

How a desire for bipartisanship and peace within his own party led Obama to appoint a hawkish cabal that pushed him to a renewed war in Afghanistan.

Ollie North Returns to Nicaragua

Greg Grandin, AlterNet. November 18, 2006.

With the election of former Sandanista leader Daniel Ortega as president, Nicaragua shows its refusal genuflect to Washington's commands, and that makes Cold Warriors like Ollie North furious.

Nicaragua's Total Abortion Ban

Lindsay Beyerstein, October 26, 2006.

Bill to punish abortions by up to 30 years in jail.