about a man (no sexism)

Nov 26, 2006 17:27

In Matagalpa where I am right now Ben Linder is buried,
a U.S. internacionalista killed by U.S. sponsored contras.
In the town of San Jose de Bocay where he was killed there's now a neighbourhood called Barrio Ben Linder.
Ha, and tomorrow I go to seaport Corinto which was destroyed, also by the U.S ( Read more... )

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brian_z November 26 2006, 23:49:28 UTC
people remember this and expect this to happen again.

Wow, interesting observation... I hope they are not disappointed. Very glad to know you are there.

I was in Nicaragua for the 2001 election and was pretty outraged at how US interests were meddling... already in the name of the war on terror, not two months after it was "declared".

I was pretty excited about the news about this recent election, though its pretty unclear to me what it will really mean. I'm actually going to a talk at school about that tomorrow.

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chap_eye November 26 2006, 23:51:39 UTC
btw US enbassy was the only not to recognize the election as clear,
but since they had nothing to say they just mentioned vaguely "some irrugularities"
should go to Florida with this :/

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brian_z November 26 2006, 23:55:07 UTC
Hahaha... sounds just like the elections in the 1980s.

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de_wynken November 27 2006, 17:51:31 UTC
excellent, glad you guys are still doing okay!

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chap_eye November 28 2006, 14:46:29 UTC
yo :)

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sashay8 November 28 2006, 04:12:32 UTC
those pictures are awesome, anton.

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chap_eye November 28 2006, 14:46:51 UTC
i´ll tell Simón, thanks :)

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sameen December 4 2006, 14:15:04 UTC
i love these photos and your particular observation

have you read angel80, i think you'd like her attitude

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chap_eye December 4 2006, 23:02:06 UTC
no, i´ll have a look, thanks :)

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