Author: Lisa Carroll-Davis
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The Top 3 Reasons Christians Should Study Spanish
“If you speak to people in words they don’t understand, how will they know what you are saying? You might as well be talking into empty space.” 1 Corinthians 14:9 (NLT) If you’re looking for motivation to study Spanish, there are numerous top 10 lists out there to help you out (here, here, or here […]
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Intoxicated by Easy Money
A while ago, I wrote about the influx of Chinese money into Nicaragua to build a transcontinental canal. However, beyond infrastructure and construction concerns, people are beginning to have other worries: “The townspeople (in Nicaragua) haven’t seen any signs of canal workers in months. And the work that was done was marginal. A handful of […]
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The Specter of Neo-colonialism Returns to Nicaragua
After a long history of imperialism, dictatorship, and revolution in Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega (the same man who led the Sandinista charge against the US) has opened the doors to a new imperialist power. China has been invited to build a canal that would rival the Panama Canal, realizing a Nicaraguan dream put on hold by […]
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Competing Calls for Compassion and Justice
“Man’s relations with foreigners are two-fold: peaceful and hostile: and in directing both kinds of relation the Law contained suitable precepts” Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, (I-II. Q. 105 Art 3) This past week, I had the privilege of moderating a roundtable discussion on immigration here at HBU, sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program and […]
Reflection and Choice 