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Dictatorial repression in 2024 will continue to cause irreversible social losses in Nicaragua. Thanks to migration and the flow of remittances, the economy will grow by inertia and not due to the economic policies from the Christian and solidarity-based government.
The population will remain grouped around three social sectors but with major changes. First, a minuscule pro-status quo core; a passive, pro-democratic, and silenced majority that has adapted itself but not complacent toward the system in the face of fear and repression; and a bloc that resists the dictatorship which still find ways to demand urgent changes.
The Ortega-Murillo regime will continue to exercise their political authority in the only way they have known since 2018: repression, imprisonment, corruption, fear, and expulsion.
To many in the international community, Nicaragua is already a lost cause. However, for an important group of countries and international institutions, the cause of democracy continues. Those who support this mission have a responsibility to nourish hope with concrete signs of pressure on the dictatorship.
This post is also available in: SpanishAs noted by several authors, teaching careers in the early twentieth century were considered highly prestigious. However, this condition has changed over time, and now is associated with negative aspects, such as work overload, fatigue, uncertainty or new training requirements.
El 12 de abril de 2016, el Diálogo Interamericano sostuvo un conversatorio con representantes del grupo Cuba Posible, sobre el camino al futuro de Cuba.
Aunque en los últimos años la migración mexicana hacia Estados Unidos ha caído notablemente, las remesas no sólo se han mantenido estables, sino que crecieron un 8.8% en 2016. Las razones principales se deben a tres factores claves. Primero, el aumento en el número de mexicanos que envía dinero. Segundo, el uso de sistemas electrónicos para envío de dinero y, tercero, las tasas de cambio.
