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Policy on Purpose is a podcast from UT Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs dedicated to exploring the tangible impacts of policy and public service on today’s world.

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Sergio Ramirez

Sergio Ramírez Mercado was born on August 5, 1942 in Masatepe, Nicaragua, and is a Nicaraguan writer and intellectual who served in the leftist Government Junta of National Reconstruction and as Vice President of the country 1985-1990 under the presidency of Daniel Ortega.

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  • Episode 12 – Former President of Costa Rica Luis Guillermo Solis and VP of Nicaragua Sergio Ramirez discuss issues of democracy in Central America
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