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Pregnant Nicaraguan Girls Forced to Become Mothers

Students sit in class while one girl stands outside the door

José Adán Silva – IPS – Monday, 27 August 2012 (originally published 22 Aug) MANAGUA, Aug 22 2012 (IPS) – Carla lost everything when she got pregnant at the age of 13: her first year of secondary school, her family, her boyfriend, and her happiness. She spent a year panhandling on the streets of the [...]

(Nicaragua) Court Downgrades Rape to “Fit of Passion”

Protest outside Nicaragua Supreme Court

José Adán Silva – IPS news – Wednesday, 27 July, 2011 (originally published 25 July) MANAGUA, Jul 25, 2011 (IPS) – The rape of a young woman that has become a symbolic case in Nicaragua was ruled a “crime of passion” by the Supreme Court in a verdict that is suspected to have political overtones. [...]

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