14 things you could buy with cacao seeds during colonial times
The cacao seed was used as currency in pre-colonial times to trade for goods and services. It’s a little hard to imagine that the deceptively simple bean that comes out…
Special tactics humanitarians: Elite Air Force units in Central America
Recently, a team from the Air Force’s 23rd Special Tactics Squadron deployed to Central America in response to a humanitarian crisis, the result of two devastating hurricanes. In November, Hurricanes Eta…
An eyewitness account of US sanctions in Nicaragua
A situation that started with students protesting the government evolved into a failed coup d’etat and, consequently, the decimation of a once-thriving tourism industry. Protesters, feeling powerless in the face of violence, turned to the …
Why the unrest in Nicaragua is more important than you’d think
News about the civil unrest in Nicaragua has been under-reported in recent days as one of the last true Marxist-Leninist dictators is at the center of the killings of student protesters and journalists. And it could spark another Central American ci…