In Nicaragua, bureaucracy and machismo limit women entrepreneurs from growing their businesses.
With Daniel Ortega's re-election on November 6 all but assured, his critics fear a return to the dynastic politics of the past.
“[President Ortega] found a way to reduce democratic space in Nicaragua and still maintain strategic relations [such as with the United States]," comments AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth.
Recent moves by Daniel Ortega have the opposition and observers crying foul, though the Sandinista president remains popular.
The Nicaragua canal will have to compete with its neighbor farther south, writes COA’s Eric Farnsworth for China-US Focus.
“I’m very skeptical,” says COA's Eric Farnsworth pointing out to the massive engineering and environmental challenges to overcome to build the canal.
The Russians are coming—again.