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Nicaragua: In Brief

Description: This report discusses Nicaragua's current politics, economic development and relations with the United States and provides context for Nicaragua's controversial November 6, 2016, elections.
Date: September 14, 2016
Creator: Taft-Morales, Maureen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Arms Shipments to Iran

Description: This report provides background and examines key questions in regards to the shipments of arms to Iran and the subsequent diversion of funds to Nicaraguan guerrillas by the Reagan Administration.
Date: April 3, 1987
Creator: Preece, Richard M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Nicaragua]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 19, 1979, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 31 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Encounter]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 27, 1979, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 31 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Politicization of Public Education in Nicaragua: 1967-1994, Regime Type and Regime Strategy

Description: Understanding how change occurs in lesser developed countries, particularly in Latin America has been the subject of a prolonged theoretical academic debate. That debate has emphasized economics more that politics in general and predictability over unpredictability in the Latin American region. This paper challenges these approaches. Explaining change requires an examination of the politics of public policy as much as its economic dimensions. Second, change in the Latin American region may be l… more
Date: May 1996
Creator: Coplin, Janet C. (Janet Cecile)
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Clip: Nicaragua series pt. 3]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 24, 1985, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Nicaragua series pt. 1]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 22, 1985, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Sandinistas]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: 1986
Duration: 50 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Van parked on a road]

Description: Photograph of a van parked on a road in Nicaragua. The side of the road is surrounded by lush greenery. The van is parked nearby Lake Nicaragua, which is not visible in the photograph.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Nicaragua]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: February 20, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Hughes stocks]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a meeting with Howard Hughes to discuss an offering of stocks.
Date: 1972-10-27T24:00:00
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Nicaragua]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6:00 P.M.
Date: July 20, 1979
Duration: 53 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Afro-Latinos in Latin America and Considerations for U.S. Policy

Description: This report reviews and analyzes the situation, concerns, and activities of Afro-descendants in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking nations of Latin America. It then discusses current U.S. foreign aid programs, as well as multilateral initiatives, that have directly or indirectly assisted Afro-Latinos. The report concludes with a discussion of potential policy options that have been proposed should the United States elect to provide further support for Afro-Latinos.
Date: July 7, 2008
Creator: Seelke, Claire Ribando
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Nicaragua Series, Part 4]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 25, 1985, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Nicaragua Series, Part 2]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 23, 1985, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Nicaraguan kids]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: November 22, 1985, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 44 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dirt road in the Port of Corinto]

Description: Photograph of a dirt road in Corinto, Nicaragua. A row of buildings can be seen on the right of the road with automobiles parked in front of them. On the opposite side of the road, a large metal building, a water tower, and trucks are visible. Individuals are crossing the street and standing near the buildings.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Large building in the Port of Corinto]

Description: Fotografía de un gran edificio en Corinto, Nicaragua. Se puede ver a algunas personas pasando por delante del edificio y bajando por la calle. La calle parece estar mojada y se ven las huellas de los neumáticos de los automóviles.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[1972 Managua earthquake damages]

Description: Fotografía de varios edificios en el lado opuesto de un campo de hierba que fueron dañados por el terremoto de Managua de 1972. En primer plano se ve una carretera asfaltada. Un cielo nublado llena la mitad del encuadre.
Date: [1972..1980]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Temporary Protected Status: Current Immigration Policy and Issues

Description: When civil unrest, violence, or natural disasters erupt in spots around the world, concerns arise over the safety of nationals from these troubled places who are in the United States. Provisions exist in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to offer temporary protected status (TPS) or relief from removal under specified circumstances. The United States currently provides TPS to nationals from seven countries: Burundi, El Salvador, Honduras, Liberia, Nicaragua, Somalia, and Sudan. Under the… more
Date: September 30, 2008
Creator: Wasem, Ruth Ellen & Ester, Karma
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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