Nicaraguan Perspectives

Ortega dresssed as a quinceañera: the origins of the viral image of the dictator of Nicaragua A manipulated image of Daniel Ortega which circulated on social media as a meme…

Dancing to "the commandante is staying"[1]? by Alfonso Malespín, in Divergentes July 28, 2026 There are phrases that define eras and regimes. "We are going all out" is a turning…

Susana López: "They thought that by destroying the tomb of my son they were going to make me fall apart, but no" In La Prensa, July 13, 2026 Eight years…

Lack of legal basis and ambiguities in the official version on the arrest of Bishop Mata in DIVERGENTES, July 5, 2026 by Catalina Fabbri The Ministry of the Interior of…

Dictatorship leaves Bishop Emeritus Juan Abelardo Mata under house arrest, according to sources In La Prensa, July 1, 2026 The priest and deacon arrested were released on June 30. Martha…

Political Prisoners in Nicaragua: forced disappearances continue in La Prensa, June 16, 2026 The number of forcibly disappeared political prisoners could increase if the relatives of those six people close…

The strange poetry of Ortega Murillo family and their references to pain, power and death In La Prensa May 17, 2026 From "poems" of child deaths and old cravings for…

April, narratives and symbols by Alfonso Malespín in DIVERGENTES, April 24, 2026   Since 2018 the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have moved from the shock which the…

Allowing the return of some exiled Nicaraguans "is a confession of the abuse" by the Ortega-Murillos and does not "repair the harm done" in La Prensa, April 3, 2026 The…