August 2018 - Nicaraguan Perspectives

The Land Takeovers Put Many into Checkmate, and They are Trying to Convince Pellas to Negotiate with Ortega

August 29, 2018

This article appeared on the nicaraguainvestiga.com website. The context is that the business sector for 11 years had been in an alliance with the Ortega government that provided them with…

Speech of Daniel Ortega on the 40th Anniversary of the Taking of the National Palace, August 23, 2018

August 27, 2018

This speech was given on the 40th anniversary of the taking of the National Palace . On Aug 22, 1978 the Rigoberto López Pérez Command of the Sandinista Front took…

“No one would like to have a murderer as the woman who gave you life”

August 25, 2018

This is an interview done this week of Zoilamérica Ortega Murillo, Rosario Murillo´s daughter, and Daniel Ortega´s step daughter. (She is mentioned by Pinita in the previous post). Here she…

Letter from a Christian in Nicaragua to a priest in Spain

August 24, 2018

The following is a letter written by Pinita Gurdian, a well known member of the Christians in the Revolution movement in the 80s, in response to a letter from a…

The left has to be re-invented, which is urgently facing new challenges in a new context

August 16, 2018

This article was published on the website nicaraguainvestiga.com on Aug 8, 2018. This young anonymous Nicaraguan addresses a debate among the international left that has come out to strongly defend…

Declarations of VP Rosario Murillo on 38th Anniversary of Nicaraguan Navy

August 15, 2018

This speech was given on the anniversary of the Navy (August 13), considered an important speech because it was given within a context of debate over the role of the military…

“My Head has a price in Nicaragua”, fleeing to Costa Rica to Survive.

August 9, 2018

This was published in the Costa Rican newspaper "Semanario Universidad" on August 7, 2018, located on the campus of the University of Costa Rica in San José. It provides a…

Message to Parents at the Colegio Centro América

August 9, 2018

This message was published on the Colegio Centro America facebook page, and gives an inside view as how the crisis is affecting normal families. It is a large Jesuit run…

Letter to the Commander in Chief of Nicaraguan Army from Prominent Nicaraguan Women

August 2, 2018

This letter, although written on July 24, was published as a paid ad in La Prensa, on August 2, 2018. Early on in this crisis the Commander in Chief of…

Central American University announces SUSPENSION OF WORK FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST

August 1, 2018

The Central American University in Managua released this press statement yesterday July 31, 2018 announcing the suspension of most of their activities for the month of August. Nearly half of…