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Entrance of UCA - Nicaragua. Central American University – Managua (Universidad Centroamericana – UCA) was a private Catholic university located in Managua, Nicaragua.It was founded in July 1960 by the Society of Jesus on land donated by the Somoza family and was the first private university in Central America. [1]
UCA has since evolved to be one of the best institutions of higher learning in Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama). [2] This is the case, despite the university's focus on playing a decisive role in the transformation of the unjust Salvadoran society. [ 3 ]
The Jesuits in El Salvador, led by José María Tojeira, UCA's former rector, continued to work with the UCA's Institute of Human Rights, founded by Segundo Montes, to use the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, to bypass the Salvadoran Amnesty Law of 1993 and expose the role of higher military officers in the murders. [21] [22]
The April 19 University Movement (Spanish initials: MU19A) is a Nicaraguan student movement created on April 25, 2018 [1] in Managua, Nicaragua.The student group opposes the government of Daniel Ortega who from 1979 to 1990 served as the country's first president following the Nicaraguan Revolution, was re-elected in 2006, and is the nation's current President. [2]
Garbage in a 'Clean City' garbage can in Volzhskiy, Volgograd Oblast, Russia. In urban areas, garbage of all kinds is collected and treated as municipal solid waste; garbage that is discarded in ways that cause it to end up in the environment, rather than in containers or facilities designed to receive garbage, is considered litter.
Student activism at the university level is nearly as old as the university itself.. Students in Paris and Bologna staged collective actions as early as the 13th century, chiefly over town and gown issues.
Student activism in Mexico was traditionally largely confined to issues dealing with their circumstances while studying at university. There were two strikes at the National Polytechnic Institute in 1942 and 1956, as well as a strike at the National Teachers' School (Escuela Nacional de Maestras) in 1950, organized by the Federación de Estudiantes y Campesinos Socialistas de México (FECSUM). [3]
Japan's trash containers are divided into combustibles, cans/bottles/pet bottles and newspapers and magazines. Recycling trash can in Natal, Brazil. A waste container, also known as a dustbin, [1] rubbish bin, trash can, garbage can, wastepaper basket, and wastebasket, among other names, is a type of container intended to store waste that is usually made out of metal or plastic.