The New Nicaragua: Lessons in Development, Democracy, and Nation-Building for the United States (PSI Reports)

Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction......Page 10
1. Getting Up to Speed on Nicaragua (June 2005)......Page 16
2. Welcome to Managua (July 2005)......Page 26
3. Jumpstarting Rule of Law (August 2005)......Page 30
4. Preparing for the March and November 2006 Elections (September 2005)......Page 34
5. Zoellick\'s Public Diplomacy and a Disaster in Waspáan (October 2005)......Page 42
6. International Collaboration and Turkeys (November 2005)......Page 48
7. Movimiento por Nicaragua (December 2005)......Page 52
8. A Welcome for USAID Electoral Help and Partying with Herty, Eduardo, and José Antonio (January 2006)......Page 56
9. Land of El Güegüence and the Boiling Frog (February 2006)......Page 66
10. Atlantic Coast Regional Election (March 2006)......Page 72
11. We Ponder What Just Happened and Welcome Visitors from Washington (April 2006)......Page 86
12. One Step Forward, One Step Back (May 2006)......Page 88
13. Electoral Preparations at Full Speed (June 2006)......Page 94
14. Breaking the Silence (July 2006)......Page 106
15. The OAS Engages (August 2006)......Page 114
16. Working to Advance Transformational Development Even on the Eve of the Election (September 2006)......Page 122
17. The Final Stretch (October 2006)......Page 136
18. The Election and Its Aftermath (November 2006)......Page 160
19. Refocusing (December 2006)......Page 176
20. President Ortega (January 2007)......Page 186
21. The New Ortega Administration Begins to Show Its Stripes (February 2007)......Page 196
22. Drip, Drip, DripMeets Wiley Coyote and Road Runner (March 2007)......Page 210
23. David Hallengren and Brett Favre (April 2007)......Page 226
24. Information Access (May 2007)......Page 242
25. Toward Sustainability in Counterweights and Democracy (June 2007)......Page 254
26. Postlude Reflections: Why Ortega Won and Democratic Counterinsurgency......Page 260
Select Bibliography......Page 272
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