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Rocky Patel is doing something different, making a small-quantity cigar rather than a big brand. via Cigar Aficionado

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“There was confidence that globalization would resolve our energy and food problems, but they have made them worse”

In a region beset by runaway food costs, the socialist government of Hugo Chavez's Venezuela and its leftist allies appear to have found fertile ground to plant the seeds of revolutionary discourse.

At an emergency food-security summit held Wednesday in Managua, Nicaragua, 14 Latin American and Caribbean nations convened under the umbrella of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), the leftist trade bloc founded in 2004 by Cuba and Venezuela as an alternative to United States free-trade agreements. Read more

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“Everything was delayed. I've never dealt with so many delays.”

When 15 Bronxville High School students and two chaperones embarked on a mission trip to build houses in Nicaragua during spring break, little did they know that the return voyage would rival Odysseus' long ... via Journal News

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“If we politicians can't agree, it's best that the population decide our destiny”

Bolivia President Evo Morales attends a Food for Life Summit in Managua, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. via The Boston Globe

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua : Venezuela has offered allies US$100 million to fight rising food costs for Latin America's poor. via International Herald Tribune

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DPA AND AP, MANILA AND MANAGUA Thursday, May 08, 2008, Page 10 The Asian Development Bank said yesterday that it was allocating US$500 million to tackle skyrocketing food costs in the region. via Taipei Times

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“A lot of this we have done to ourselves”

There is no shortage of good things to eat in the open-air Wholesale Market here in Nicaragua's capital. via KCPQ

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“To pave a street, you have to talk to the C.P.C.”

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - The government billboards and graffiti in this sultry city tell a visitor a lot about the ideological battle racking Nicaragua. via HendersonvilleNews.com

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“The price has risen, so what happened? It's turned into a business, that's all that happened when they passed the law. On the other hand, the poor class, we are killing the women. Simple.”

Observations on Nicaragua and abortion Nicaragua's decision to ban all types of abortion, including those ruled necessary to save the life of the mother, is drawing criticism from human rights and women's ... via New Statesman

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