CAFTA

• CAFTA fails standards of justice: NGO Sign-on

LAWG Initiatives:

• Memo on the Central American Free Trade Agreement and small farmers in Nicaragua
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  This memo, delivered on April 8, 2003, expresses concerns over the impact of CAFTA on small farmers in Nicaragua, and urges the Congressional Oversight Group and the USTR to include certain agricultural protections in the trade agreement.
  
• NGO sign-on letter to the IMF concerning its role in Nicaragua’s budget process
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  This letter was issued to the Managing Director of the IMF on March 13, 2003 following reports of IMF pressure on the Nicaraguan National Assembly during its debate over the national budget.

• Press statement on threats against human rights colleague
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  This statement, which was sent to the Nicaraguan press on April 15, 2002, calls for a thorough investigation of the murder of Francisco Garcia on April 8.  Mr. Garcia is the husband of Maria Luisa Acosta, a lawyer for the Nicaraguan Center for Legal Assistance to Indigenous Peoples.
  See also the follow-up letter to the Nicaraguan Embassy click here
  
• Statement on US involvement in 2001 Nicaraguan elections
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  Sent October 10, 2001, this letter expresses concerns over the US role in the Nicaraguan election, and calls on the president to support democracy in Nicaragua by playing a non-interventionist role. 
  

Other Documents and Analyses:

• State Department human rights report on Nicaragua, Outlines Nicaragua’s human rights record for the previous year
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• El Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos – A Nicaraguan non-governmental organization dedicated to promoting human rights and defending the most vulnerable.
  
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• Washington Office on Latin America: Hurricane Mitch and development
  http://www.wola.org/Economic/econ_mitch_project.htm
  Information on Hurricane Mitch reconstruction in Nicaragua, with lessons learned on development and democracy. 
  
• Witness for Peace Documents on Nicaragua
  http://www.witnessforpeace.org/publications/
  Publications by Witness for Peace’s Nicaragua team document conditions for maquila workers in Nicaragua, the impact of structural adjustment and debt, and other issues. 
  
• World Bank information on Nicaragua
  http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/External/lac/lac.nsf/ 54a7bf01c0a0900a852567d6006b59b4/d9ed6f4 33931040c852567dd005b58e7?OpenDocument
  Information on World Bank programs and assistance strategy in Nicaragua.
  
• Inter-American Development Bank Nicaragua program
  http://www.iadb.org/exr/country/eng/nicaragua/
  
• International Monetary Fund Nicaragua program
  http://www.imf.org/external/country/NIC/index.htm