YATAMA-Sandinista Mediation

Twelve Things I Have Learned

YATAMA-Sandinista Mediation: Twelve Things I Have Learned
"Neutrality is not the key to mediation. Trust is."

Twelve lessons elaborated upon from John Paul’s accompaniment of the mediative process between the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua’s east coast and the Sandinista government. The lessons are grounded in direct experience, particularly focusing on the role of the external mediation team of which John Paul was a part.

Shared with the permission of the MCC Library and the library collections of MCC Canada and MCC U.S.

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