North Americans join Jalapa vigil for Nicaragua peace
A North American Christian delegation visiting Jalapa Nicaragua joins locals to form a line near the border in a solidarity vigil. They pray plant corn, sing We Shall Overcome and request forgiveness for past U.S. backed contra violence while recalling families who lost children in the war.
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North Carolina
Porvernir
Norhh
Jalapa
Jess Boyer
Boyer
Carla Barr
New Jersey
Fred Daley
Syracuse
Ginter
Liverpool
Leon
Nicaragua
Mary Anne Hayes
Sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph
United States
Leoinio Martinez
Mary
Jorge Lara-Brand
Lara Brand
North American Presbyterian Church
Royal Houses
Europe
North America
Judith Abernathy
Texas
San Franciso del Norte
Henry Nouwen
Somoza's Revenge and the Sandinista Dawn
In Ocota an elderly woman carries a basket of sandals as soldiers barely reach fourteen, machine guns slung over shoulders. Revolt signs color walls honoring Sandino, banners promise the Sandinista victory anniversary, and crowds chant all the weapons to the people.
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Campesino
Ocota
Sandino
Todas Las Armas al Pueblo
Nicaraguan seeks asylum delay in deportation case
Nicaraguan born Harve Benjamin Cuadra, facing a deportation to Nicaragua, won a temporary reprieve hours before departure. U.S. District Judge William Hoeveler halted the flight, with a full hearing anticipated next week. Cuadra, calling himself an anti-Sandinista activist, fears for his life if returned. The case follows prior asylum denial and shifting U.S. policy amid regional tensions.
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Miami
UPI
Harve Benjamin Cuadra
Nicaragua
Cuadra
U.S
William Hoeveler
Robert Boyer
Boyer
United States
State Department
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Krome Avenue
Oscar Paguaga
Paguaga
Managua
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