STeven Garsson, your remark about arming former death squad members shows complete ignorance of the politics and people of Nicaragua.
my eldest daughter has recently returned from 4 years in Managua where she managed a small Canadian "aid agency". not associated with any religious group, no preaching, just helping incredibly poor people who have suffered terribly for many years. i visited her there and met many Nicaraguans, all very gracious, kind loving people, whose spirit is still positive despite many having lost family members to disease, malnutrition, torture and murder.
many owned nothing and lived on a huge dump site scavenging bits of discarded garbage to construct a hovel for shelter, yet they still insisted on sharing whatever scraps of food they had with us, their humble dignity ever present.
none wanted handouts, but help to turn their ingenuity and industriousness into becoming self sufficient.
the project Burt is supporting here is EXACTLY the kind of aid that really does help people begin to transform their lives out of poverty.
i'm in and will make a donation today.
STeven perhaps you do not know that the "death squads" you despise were American trained and funded. that is fact.
roland
