''Envío'' (or ''Revista Envío''; ''Envío Magazine'') is a

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-based magazine founded in 1981 and published by the Jesuit Universidad Centroamericana in

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. Initially defining its role as focused on Nicaraguan affairs, particularly "critical support" of the projects of the

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movement and of

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, the magazine expanded in the 1990s to cover

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and the Caribbean region as a whole, along with international sociopolitical themes."Brief history of ''Envío Magazine'',"
''Envío Online'' (undated). The ''Serials Directory'' describes the magazine's coverage as " alysis on the Central American region. For concerned citizens and scholars alike, provides analytical articles, documents, interviews and news stories on the politics and economics of Nicaragua and Central America.""''Envío'' - English edition,"
''Serials Directory''. December 30, 2002. In addition to the Spanish-language edition, the magazine has been published in

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from its inception and in

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since 1994, with the latter edition being published in

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."Brief history of ''Envío Magazine'',"
''Envío Online'' (undated). Since 2003, the magazine's website also has offered a free archive of all articles going back to 1981.

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