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Nicaragua Corruption Report - 0 views

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  • Courts are prone to corruption and manipulation by organised crime groups, drug cartels and a democratic socialist political party, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), which allegedly accepts bribes from drug traffickers for campaign financing in return for judicial favours (InSightCrime, July 2014).
  • Rampant corruption within Nicaragua's political circles impairs the functioning of state institutions and limits foreign investment. International companies report widespread favouritism and impunity among public officials.
  • Courts are prone to corruption and manipulation by organised crime groups, drug cartels and a democratic socialist political party, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), which allegedly accepts bribes from drug traffickers for campaign financing in return for judicial favours (InSightCrime, July 2014).
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  • Nicaragua's legal system is plagued by corruption and is burdensome.
  • nataliedepaulo1 on 18 Oct 16
     
    This article outlines the corruption in the Nicaraguan government. This is an important to hemispheric security because it is an issue that needs to be addressed.
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Nicaragua Drug Addiction | Youth Drug Abuse Problems - 0 views

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  • Drug trafficking is heavier on the north coast of Nicaragua, the Caribbean side. On this side of the country, drug consumption is also heavier. One foundation that works on behalf of drug addicts estimated that there are 300,000 drug users in this country of less than six million people. This is a 300 percent increase in the last five years. Half of these drug users are found in the country’s high schools and universities.
  • icaragua, like most other Central American countries, lies directly on the route of scores of tons of Colombian cocaine making its way to North America and Europe. Much of this cocaine travels overland through at least part of Central America, though some may be repackaged for sea or air shipment at any point along the line.
  • Nicaragua’s social problems, such as untrustworthy law enforcement, few services for its citizens and widespread poverty mean that few Nicaraguans find publicly-funded addiction treatment programs when they become addicted. Non-government organizations funded by churches or foundations recruit volunteers to help those who need drug rehab.
  • nataliedepaulo1 on 18 Oct 16
     
    This article explains why drugs are an issue in Nicaragua, how the government helps continue this issue, and the affect it has on the young people there.
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Take Two | Nicaragua, taking different response to drug trade, reduces violence | 89.3 ... - 0 views

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  • Nicaragua, taking different response to drug trade, reduces violence
  • Nicaragua is Central America's largest country. It has a long coastline that runs along both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. That makes it a prime location for the drug trade going from South America north to the U.S.
  • nataliedepaulo1 on 18 Oct 16
     
    This article highlights the issues in Nicaragua.
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Releasing Drug Offenders Won't End Mass Incarceration | FiveThirtyEight - 0 views

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  • Releasing Drug Offenders Won’t End Mass Incarceration
  • But that’s not exactly the case. Serious prison reform — and shedding the dubious mantle of World’s Leading Incarcerator — will have to look far beyond just nonviolent drug offenders. Heavy prison sentences for drug crimes are only one of many reasons why the United States has by far the highest incarceration rate in the world.
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  • nataliedepaulo1 on 18 Oct 16
     
    This articles highlights the challenges of fixing this problem, and what can be done in the future.
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The Unsuspected Dimensions of Drug Trafficking in Nicaragua - 0 views

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  • The pattern of releases and penalty reductions for prisoners convicted of drug trafficking in Nicaragua give an insight into the deep penetration of the drug trade into the judicial system, which has helped make the country a legal paradise for traffickers.
  • Minister Morales' repeated statements, which show a bravery and unusual belligerence with respect to what has been called "narco releases" ("narco liberaciones"), echo other examples that clearly show that Nicaragua is transforming into something of a legal paradise for transnational drug traffickers. But it also brings to mind other indications that the penetration of organized crime may have spread to other Nicaraguan institutions.
  • hrough the efforts of the National Police and the security forces, Nicaragua has managed to project an image of being one of the most effective countries in the region in the fight against drug trafficking, particularly given that three other countries in the region have some of the highest homicide rates in the world.
  • nataliedepaulo1 on 18 Oct 16
     
    This article shows the issues Nicaragua has in preventing drug trafficking and also their security issues.
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Annual Reports | Managua, Nicaragua - Embassy of the United States - 0 views

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  • Nicaragua continued to be a major drug transshipment point for South American cocaine flowing to the United States in 2011. Nicaragua‘s limited law enforcement capabilities and sparsely populated regions provide an enabling environment for drug
  • Drug consumption in Nicaragua rose in 2011, particularly on the Atlantic coast where the transshipment of drugs is highest.
  • U.S. assistance in Nicaragua is focused on enhancing the abilities of government law enforcement agencies to detect and intercept shipments, detain traffickers, stop the laundering of illegal profits from the drug industry, and support preventative programs to protect youth from drugs and recruitment into gangs.
  • nataliedepaulo1 on 18 Oct 16
     
    This article shows the drug issue in Nicaragua and why it is an increasing problem.
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American freed from Nicaraguan prison: 'It's a fight for your life' - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • nataliedepaulo1 on 18 Oct 16
     
    This article shows the issues in the incarceration issue in Nicaragua
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OAS :: OAS Drug Commission Publishes Report on Alternatives to Incarceration for Drug-R... - 0 views

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  • he Executive Secretariat of the Commission for the Control of Drug Abuse (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) today released the technical report on "Alternatives to Incarceration for Drug -Related Offenses," which was presented to members states in its recent 57th regular session.
  • The OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, said that the proposals respond to the findings of the OAS Report on the Drug Problem in the Americas, which was drafted under his supervision in compliance with a mandate from the Heads of State at the Sixth Summit of the Americas in Colombia in April 2012. "The report concluded that there is a problem of prison overcrowding in nearly all the countries of the hemisphere due to drug enforcement taking place mainly through criminal sanctions," he said. In this respect, he said "the application of severe laws for drug offenses has generated negative consequences such as overloaded courts and prisons, and the suffering of thousands of people imprisoned for small drug offenses."
  • The shift in policy in the region and the beginning of the joint formulation of proposals of alternatives to imprisonment began, relates the report, with the approval of the member states of the OAS - through CICAD - of the 2010 Hemispheric Drug Strategy and its 2011-2015 Plan of Action agreeing to "explore the means of offering treatment, rehabilitation, and recovery support services to drug‐dependent offenders as an alternative to imprisonment, and in some cases, criminal prosecution."
  • nataliedepaulo1 on 18 Oct 16
     
    This article shows what the OAS has done so far for alternates of drug-related incarceration.
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Nicaragua Releases 8,000 Inmates from Overcrowded Prisons - 0 views

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  • Nicaragua Releases 8,000 Inmates from Overcrowded Prisons
  • On February 22, Nicaraguan government officials announced that 8,149 prisoners had received a conditional release since 2014, 845 of them so far in 2016. As of October 2014, the country's prison population stood at just over 10,500, according to government figures published by the World Prison Brief.
  • Nicaragua's prison system only has the capacity to hold around 5,000 inmates, and until 2010 the population remained steady at between 6,000 and 7,000, according to the World Prison Brief statistics. However, since then, the population has shot up to over 10,000, leading to appalling conditions in facilities that are crumbling under the strain.
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  • However, such a policy must be carefully and transparently implemented, otherwise there is the risk is of a situation developing such as in Venezuela -- where over 13,000 prisoners were released onto the streets with a near complete absence of oversight and control.
  • nataliedepaulo1 on 18 Oct 16
     
    This article shows the issues in Nicaragua's incarceration and what has been done about it so far.
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Nicaragua Follows Its Own Path In Dealing With Drug Traffickers : Parallels : NPR - 0 views

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  • Eight out of 10 people in this city are unemployed, yet there are stores everywhere and business seems brisk.
  • The drug trade is this city's blessing and its curse. It's a city that's part of a country that has managed to remain relatively peaceful despite being in one of the most dangerous regions in the world. Analysts say one of the explanations for that relative peace is that Nicaragua has taken a different approach to fighting drug trafficking.
  • Back in 2012, the citizens of Bluefields took to the streets to protest the arrest of a notorious kingpin. News footage showed hundreds of people marching around demanding "justice" and "freedom." The government alleged that Ted Hayman was involved in the drug trade, so they confiscated his home — a huge, gaudy structure in the hills surrounding Bluefields.
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  • On the surface, it seems like the Nicaraguan government is doing quite a bit to fight the drug war and that Bluefields is a place of perdition. But reality is more complicated. Cocaine Trafficking Routes Through Nicaragua Source: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: "Transnational Organized Crime in Central America and the Caribbean" (September 2012) Credit: Alyson Hurt / NPR 'Cocaine Republics' Cocaine's Influence on Nicaragua's Miskito Coast Nicaragua — the largest country in Central America — has a lengthy coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. With its remote location, Bluefields is well placed to serve as a pit stop along the corridor where drugs travel from the South American producers to U.S. consumers. What's more, the cocaine moving through Nicaragua's territory represents a higher share of GDP than any other Central American country, which in the words of the U.N.'s Office on Drugs and Crime, should give traffickers greater leverage to both sow more corruption and foment violence.
  • In 2011, The Global Commission on Drugs, a high-profile panel of world leaders – including former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker — declared that the "global war on drugs has failed." And this September, the commission followed up with a report recommending policies that work, including some legalization and encouraging countries to try regulating instead of prohibiting some aspects of the drug trade.
  • nataliedepaulo1 on 18 Oct 16
     
    This article explains the complicated drug issue in Nicaragua and how it affects the lives of the people.
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