CORINTO

kōrēnˈtō, town (1995 pop. 16,997), NW Nicaragua, on the Pacific Ocean. It is a railroad terminus and Nicaragua's leading Pacific port. Coffee, cotton, sugar, hides, and woods are exported.

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books on: Corinto  - 211 results

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To Lead as Equals: Rural Protest and Political Consciousness in Chinandega, Nicaragua, 1912-1979
Book by Jeffrey L. Gould; University of North Carolina Press, 1990
Subjects: Agricultural Laborers--Nicaragua--Chinandega--History--20th Century, Chinandega (Nicaragua)--History, Nicaragua--Politics And Government--20th Century, Peasantry--Nicaragua--Chinandega--History--20th Century, Peasantry--Nicaragua--Chinandega--Political Activity
...sugar, banana, and cotton plantations. Corinto, Nicaraguas major port since the late...the 1950s and 1960s, some one thousand Corinto port workers formed one of Nicaraguas...September 3, 1912, to the U.S. Consul in Corinto, asking for military assistance. Within...
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Nicaragua and the United States, 1909-1927
Book by Isaac Joslin Cox; World Peace Foundation, 1927
Subjects: Nicaragua--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Nicaragua
...875 ii. Diaz comment on Corinto Conference 876 b...these cities from Lake Nicaragua to the Pacific Coast at Corinto runs the only considerable railroad of which the country boasts...
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In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico's Central America Policy, 1876-1930
Book by Jeurgen Buchenau; University of Alabama Press, 1996
Subjects: Central America--Foreign Relations, Central America--Foreign Relations--Mexico, Mexico--Foreign Relations--1867-1910, Mexico--Foreign Relations--1910-1946, Mexico--Foreign Relations--Central America, United States--Relations--Foreign Countries
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Nicaragua's Conservative Republic, 1858-93
Book by Arturo J. Cruz Jr.; Palgrave, 2002
Subjects: Nicaragua--Economic Conditions--19th Century, Nicaragua--Politics And Government--1838-1909, Oligarchy--Nicaragua--History--19th Century, Political Stability--Nicaragua--History--19th Century
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Rainbow Countries of Central America
Book by Wallace Thompson; E.P. Dutton & Company, 1926
Subjects: Central America--Description And Travel
...DAWN 38 Sunrise at Corinto--Hills, Volcanoes, Lakes and Rivers...Puntarenas we may achieve our steamer for Corinto, Nicaragua,--no one ever knows in San...sunrises, but none the equal of that of Corinto, the port of Nicaragua. Volcanic dust...
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journal articles on: Corinto  - 7 results

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Passing as Autobiography: James Weldon Johnson's 'The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man.'
Journal article by Donald C. Goellnicht; African American Review, Vol. 30, 1996
Subjects: African American authors--Political activity, Johnson, James Weldon--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Racism in literature--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
...reputation as a musician and song writer in New York and was at the time the U.S. Consul, the governments representative, in Corinto, Nicaragua.(1) Although a number of readers in New York intellectual circles guessed the books author shortly after its initial...
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Contempt, Crisis, and the Court: the World Court and the Hostage Rescue Attempt
Journal article by Ted L. Stein; American Journal of International Law, Vol. 76, 1982
Subjects: International Relations--Periodicals
...lite. This linkage may be observed in the 1902 Treaty of Corinto, 82 in the 1907 Hague Convention respecting the Limitation...DUMBAULD, supra note 49, at 93-95, discusses the Treaty of Corinto and the limited experience under it. 83 Signed Oct...
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Genocide Convention
Journal article by Marian Nash Leich; American Journal of International Law, Vol. 80, 1986
Subjects: International Law, International Relations
...with longstanding Department of State views: For example, in the 1910 case of The Serak , where the authorities of Corinto, Nicaragua, requested the captain of the American steamship City of Panama to permit removal of a German doctor from...
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Spatial Inequalities in Sandinista Nicaragua
Journal article by David L. Wall; The Geographical Review, Vol. 83, 1993
Subjects: Economic development--Analysis, Nicaragua--Economic aspects, Sandinista National Liberation Front--Economic policy, Socialism--Evaluation
...centers. A joint study by the Nicaraguan government and the Organization of American States (OAS) proposed that the cities of Corinto, Chinandega, and Leon, on the Pacific coastal plain, be developed as "agricultural, agro-industrial and commercial zones of...
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Judicial Decisions
Journal article by Monroe Leigh; American Journal of International Law, Vol. 81, 1987
Subjects: International Relations--Periodicals
...1982 Supp. 1986)) for damages done to the M/T Iver Chaser when the ship struck a mine allegedly placed in the harbor of Corinto, Nicaragua by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Plaintiffs alleged that the U.S. Government had violated a duty to innocent...
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magazine articles on: Corinto  - 12 results

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Mirror of Our Midlife Crisis
Magazine article by Peter Davis; The Nation, Vol. 238, January 28, 1984
Subjects: Americans abroad--Nicaragua, Americans abroad--Personal narratives, Americans in Nicaragua--Personal narratives, Christianity and politics--Nicaragua, Military policy--Public opinion, Miskitos--Civil rights, Nicaragua--Political aspects, Nicaraguan foreign relations--United States, Sandinista National Liberation Front--Public opinion, United States, United States foreign relations--Nicaragua
...We wont let them die in vain. Appointment in Corinto I continued on to Corinto, Nicaraguas largest port, about thirty-five miles...have tried to eliminate prostitution and gambling, Corinto is still a busy little city with a market in practically...
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A Sea of Poison
Magazine article by Daniel Faber, Warren Dean; Report on the Americas, Vol. 25, 1991
Subjects: Latin America, Latin America--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--Latin America
...burning reddish-orange light, like the red-hot tip of a cigar. Corinto: the powerful lights of the docks flickering on the sea...ecology. In 1983, a CIA-coordinated attack on the port at Corinto destroyed $7 million of organophosphate pesticide just unloaded...
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The Phantom Planes
Magazine article by Alexander Cockburn; The Nation, Vol. 239, November 24, 1984
Subjects: MIG (Aircraft), Nicaragua, Nicaraguan foreign relations--United States, Presidents, Presidents (Government), Reagan, Ronald, Soviet Union, Soviet foreign relations--Nicaragua, United States, United States foreign relations--Nicaragua
...its way across the Atlantic, round Cape Horn and up toward Corinto, advocates of escalation against Nicaragua began to see the...Reagan Administration would do if the planes had arrived at Corinto, it was irrelevant whether they had arrived or not. The papers...
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The Unilateralists
Magazine article by Kai Bird, Max Holland; The Nation, Vol. 242, March 15, 1986
Subjects: Inter-American Development Bank--International relations, Mulford, David C.--International relations, Nicaragua--International relations, Nicaraguan foreign relations--United States, United States, United States foreign relations--Nicaragua
...previous I.D.B. fisheries loan, OSullivan wrote. The following week U.S.-backed saboteurs blew up the fuel depot in the port of Corinto, their single most effective blow to the Nicaraguan economy, and to its capacity to service the external debt. The U.S. policy...
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The People vs. Larry Flynt?
Magazine article by Katha Pollitt; The Nation, Vol. 268, February 1, 1999
Subjects: Flynt, Larry--Political activity, Impeachment--Social aspects, Impeachments--Social aspects, Politicians--Sexual behavior, Sex--Political aspects, Sexual behavior--Political aspects
...when the President was gutting welfare? Or when Reagan was secretly funding the contras and illegally mining the harbor of Corinto? If the impeachment proceedings are really not about the Constitution or the presidency or the ability to keep a straight face...
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encyclopedia articles on: Corinto  - 4 results

 
 
1.
Corinto
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CORINTO koren to, town (1995 pop. 16,997), NW Nicaragua, on the Pacific Ocean. It is a railroad terminus and Nicaraguas leading Pacific...
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LeÓn , City, Nicaragua
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...city (1995 pop. 125,117), W Nicaragua. It is Nicaraguas second largest city and the rail and commercial center between Corinto and Managua . It was founded in 1524 on Lake Managua by Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba and moved west to its present...
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Bluefields
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...15, 1926 33) in Nicaragua, marines were stationed there. In 1984, the United States mined the harbor (along with those of Corinto and Puerto Sandino). Bluefields was destroyed in a hurricane in 1988 but was rebuilt. ____________________ Copyright 2009...
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Nicaragua
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Pacific; in this region the productive wealth and the population (largely of Spanish and indigenous descent) are concentrated. Corinto , on the Pacific, is the chief port. Spanish is the official language; indigenous languages and English are also spoken. The...


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