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Pro Nica's Laura Hopps on the Situation in Nicaragua; and Woody Tasch on the Slow Money Movement

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Tags: human rights, humanitarian aid, Nicaragua, Panama Canal replacement, Pro Nica, Laura Hopps, slow money, Woody Tasch

Good morning, Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll get an update from the country of Nicaragua. For much of the 1980’s it was at the center of a debate over US foreign policy. And later—the slow money movement. One of it’s leaders is in Sarasota today- we’ll talk with him in the second half of the show.

But first- two listener comments about yesterday’s program. Yesterday for part of the program we discussed the tenth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq.—And wh...

Paul Dix: Eyewitness To Nicaragua

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Tags: Paul Dix, Nicaragua, Sandinistas, contras, Ronald Reagan

Peace activist and photographer Paul Dix has compiled a new book called: Nicaragua: Surviving the Legacy of U.S. Policy. It is a 220-page bilingual photographic journey that began during the 1980s Contra War when Paul photographed hundreds of victims of the U.S.-sponsored conflict in Nicaragua. In 2002 Paul returned to the country to locate more than 100 of the people he had photographed during the war. This search became a 17-month odyssey full of detective work, long waits, dead ends, exha...