In Review
Risking a Somersault in the Air: Conversations with Nicaraguan Writers by Margaret Randall. Sol- idarity Publications, 215 pp. $8 (paper). In this collection, Margaret Randall delves into the...
...Central America and the Western Alliance edited by Joseph Cirincione...
...A Guide to Issues and References by Thomas M. Leonard...
...Ambassador and supporters and detractors of the revolution from all levels of society...
...10 (paper...
...The introductory text is divided into two sections...
...26.50 (cloth...
...In February 1985, the Plowshares Institute organized a nine-day, factfinding tour to Nicaragua for 25 people representing the church, academia, Congress, law, business and foundations...
...A brief chronology of the major events of this period is included...
...20002...
...20036 or WOLA, 110 Maryland Avenue NE, Washington, D.C...
...The Central American crisis has been referred to by The Economist of London as "the Second Spanish Civil War...
...62 pp...
...Their detailed report is guardedly supportive...
...This report surveys 170 people who lived in Central America as Peace Corps volunteers in an effort to evaluate how successful the organization has been in achieving its founding goals, and its appropriateness in the region today...
...A Political Opening in Nicaragua: Report on the Nicaraguan Elections, November 4, 1984 by the International Human Rights Law Group and the Washington Office on Latin America...
...Thomas M. Leonard, chairman of the history department at North Florida University, has prepared an extensive bibliography on Central American issues...
...Providing a brief history of the Nicaraguan labor movement, this response alleges that the AIFLD report grossly misrepresented the status of trade unions in Nicaragua, and recommends that its allegations be retracted...
...A Pohticat Opening in Nicaragua: Report on the Nicaraguan Elec- tions, November 4, 1984 by the International Human Rights Law Group and the Washington Office on Latin America...
...The group met with Daniel Ortega, Archbishop Obando y Bravo, the U.S...
...The group investigated anti-union charges levelled at the Sandinistas in a 1983 study by the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD...
...Nicaragua The Sandinista People's Revolution, Speeches by Sandinista Leaders edited by Bruce Marcus...
...8 (paper) . In this collection, Margaret Randall delves into the Nicaraguans' affinity for the arts and the Sandinistas' dedication to artistic freedoms...
...The National Lawyers Guild sponsored a trip to Nicaragua in December 1984 by nine U.S...
...5 (paper...
...In this collection, Margaret Randall delves into the Nicaraguans' affinity for the arts and the Sandinistas' dedication to artistic freedoms...
...Are Nicaragua's Trade Unions Free...
...Several of Nicaragua's best-known writers are interviewed here-many of them Sandinista leaders...
...health profession- als assert that while health care has greatly improved since the Sandinista revolution, the contra war is severely taxing the entire health system...
...He discusses pairing cities, Witness for Peace, economic solidarity and religious commitment, with a guide to background materials...
...7.95 (paper...
...In February 1985, the Plowshares Institute organized a nine-day, fact- finding tour to Nicaragua for 25 people representing the church, academia, Congress, law, business and foundations...
...Solidarity with the People of Nicaragua by James McGinnis...
...They sponsored two delegations to Nicaragua in the autumn of 1984, composed of academics, a congressional representative and several former U.S...
...The authors provide useful and dramatic statistics, and a section titled "Epidemiologic Effects of War" is particularly interesting for its expose of the long-term infrastructural debilitations wrought on health care sys- tems in time of war, especially in a developing country...
...2 (paper...
...Providing a brief history of the Nicaraguan labor movement, this response alleges that the AIFLD report grossly misrepresented the status of trade unions in Nicaragua, and recommends that its allegations be retracted...
...A Response to the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AFL-CIO) Report, "Nicaragua, A Revolution Betrayed: Free Labor Persecuted...
...Regina Guides to Contemporary Issues, 127 pp...
...He discusses pairing cities, Witness for Peace, economic solidarity and religious commitment, with a guide to background materials...
...Orbis Books, 162 pp...
...These two Washington-based rights groups collaborated on a project to assess the openness and validity of the Nicaraguan elections...
...Report on Nicaragua, February 1524, 1985...
...James McGinnis suggests ways of "linking lives" with Nicaraguans, in pursuit of peace...
...Plowshares Institute, 44 pp...
...Available from: NLG, 853 Broadway, Suite 1705, New York, NY 10003...
...Regina Guides to Con- temporary Issues, 127 pp...
...Available from: IHRLG, Suite 502, 1346 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C...
...Available from: LINKS, PO Box 407, Audubon Station, New York, NY 10032...
...A Guide to Issues and References by Thomas M. Leonard...
...Plowshares Institute, 44 pp...
...Voices of Experience in Central America: Former Peace Corps Vol- unteers' Insights Into a Troubled Region by The National Council of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, 128 pp...
...Nicaragua: The Sandinista People's Revolution, Speeches by Sandinista Leaders edited by Bruce Marcus...
...Holmes and Meier, 233 pp...
...60 pp...
...Available from: NCRPCV, PO Box 1404, Omaha, NE 68101...
...10 (paper...
...20036 or WOLA, 110 Maryland Avenue NE, Washington, D.C...
...Solidarity with the People of Nicaragua by James McGinnis...
...7.95 (paper...
...Available from: NCRPCV, P0 Box 1404, Omaha, NE 68101...
...Holmes and Meier, 233 pp...
...The introductory text is divided into two sections...
...7.95 (paper...
...These two U.S...
...Pathfinder Press, 400 pp...
...This collection of papers, first delivered last summer at a conference sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (London), looks at the issue's importance among Western European nations, particularly NATO members, and at how the crisis is affecting those countries' relations with the United States...
...This report surveys 170 people who lived in Central America as Peace Corps volunteers in an effort to evaluate how successful the organization has been in achieving its founding goals, and its appropriateness in the region today...
...The first provides an historical perspective...
...This collection of papers, first delivered last summer at a conference sponsored by the Carnegie En- dowment for International Peace and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (London), looks at the issue's importance among Western European nations, particularly NATO members, and at how the crisis is affecting those countries' relations with the United States...
...Available from: IHRLG, Suite 502, 1346 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C...
...Available from: Plowshares Institute, P0 Box 243, 799 Hopemeadow Street, Simsbury, CT 06070...
...Voices of Experience in Central America: Former Peace Corps Volunteers' Insights Into a Troubled Region by The National Council of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, 128 pp...
...10.95 (paper...
...This book includes more than 40 speeches and documents by Daniel Ortega, Sergio Ramirez, Tomds Borge, Jaime Wheelock, Victor Tirado, Magda Enriquez and others from early 1982 to late 1984...
...labor lawyers, all of whom represent unions or are employed by the National Labor Reations Board...
...Are Nicaragua's Trade Unions Free...
...10.95 (paper...
...Orbis Books, 162 pp...
...The Central American crisis has been referred to by The Economist of London as "the Second Spanish Civil War...
...James McGinnis suggests ways of "linking lives" with Nicaraguans, in pursuit of peace...
...Available from: NLG, 853 Broadway, Suite 1705, New York, NY 10003...
...and Latin American government officials...
...12 REPORT ON THE AMERICAS (4...
...A brief chronology of the major events of this period is included...
...The group investigated anti-union charges levelled at the Sandinistas in a 1983 study by the American Institute for Free Labor Development (AIFLD...
...Report on Nicaragua, February 15- 24, 1985...
...Solidarity Publications, 215 pp...
...They sponsored two delegations to Nicaragua in the autumn of 1984, composed of academics, a congressional representa- tive and several former U.S...
...5 (paper...
...labor lawyers, all of whom represent unions or are employed by the National Labor Relations Board...
...The Central America Health Rights Network, 20 pp...
...Health and the War Against Nicaragua, 1981-1984 by Richard Garfield RN, DrPH and David Siegel, MD...
...Available from: LINKS, P0 Box 407, Audubon Station, New York, NY 10032...
...20002...
...Several of Nicaragua's best-known writers are interviewed here-many of them Sandinista leaders...
...In an interesting arrangement, the group pooled its findings in an effort to answer eight general questions around Nicaraguan democracy...
...Thomas M. Leonard, chairman of the history department at North Florida University, has prepared an extensive bibliography on Central American issues...
...the second, an overview of U.S.Central American relations...
...The National Lawyers Guild sponsored a trip to Nicaragua in December 1984 by nine U.S...
...and Latin American government officials...
...Health and the War Against Nicaragua, 1981-1984 by Richard Garfield RN, DrPI-1 and David Siegel, MD...
...the second, an overview of U.S.Central American relations...
...5 (paper...
...The Central America Health Rights Network, 20 pp...
...2 (paper...
...A Response to the American Lnstdute for Free Labor Development (AFL-CIO) Report, "Nicara- gua, A Revolution Betrayed: Free Labor Persecuted...
...These two U.S...
...This book includes more than 40 speeches and documents by Daniel Ortega, Sergio RamIrez, Tomas Borge, Jaime Wheelock, Victor Tirado, Magda EnrIquez and others from early 1982 to late 1984...
...Central America and the Western Alliance edited by Joseph Cirincione...
...The first provides an historical perspective...
...Ambassador and supporters and detractors of the revolution from all levels of society...
...60 pp...
...Central America and United States Policies, 1820s-1980s...
...62 pp...
...The group met with Daniel Ortega, Archbishop Obando y Bravo, the U.S...
...RkCw44 Risking a Somersault in the Air: Conversations with Nicaraguan Writers by Margaret Randall...
...5 (paper...
...health professionals assert that while health care has greatly improved since the Sandinista revolution, the contra war is severely taxing the entire health system...
...Pathfinder Press, 400 pp...
...Their detailed report is guardedly support- ive...
...Available from: Plowshares Institute, PO Box 243, 799 Hopemeadow Street, Simsbury, CT 06070...
...26.50 (cloth...
...These two Washington-based rights groups collaborated on a project to assess the openness and validity of the Nicaraguan elections...
...Central America and United States Policies, 1820s-1980s...
...In an interesting arrangement, the group pooled its findings in an effort to answer eight general questions around Nicaraguan democracy...
...The authors provide useful and dramatic statistics, and a section titled "Epidemiologic Effects of War" is particularly interesting for its expos of the long-term infrastructural debilitations wrought on health care systems in time of war, especially in a developing country...
...7.95 (paper...
Vol. 19 • May 1985 • No. 3
