Letter to Pope Francis from Blue and White National Unity
Pope Francis traveled this week to Panama for the celebration of World Youth Day. Thousands of Nicaraguans traveled there as well, and this letter was delivered to the Pope asking…
The crisis of April: Nature and scope
This is a long interview, but worth the read because it addresses in a comprehensive way different facets of the crisis and options for its resolution. The author was a…
The Sorcerers of the Government
Oscar René Vargas is a well known political analyst, now in exile in Costa Rica after the government ordered his arrest in July. He joined the FSLN in 1967 and…
“Construimos Nicaragua” [We are building Nicaragua] Program
An earlier version of this document was published in September. With minor changes it was inserted in the version of La Prensa on January 14, 2019. This translation includes the…
President of the UCA. “This is a punishment for having critical thinking”
The UCA in these days received the news that the budget subsidy that they have received by constitutional mandate - like all universities that belong to the National University Council…
PUBLIC LETTER OF RESIGNATION AND DENUNCIATION
Rafael Solís, probably the Magistrate in the Supreme Court the closest to Ortega, resigned and released a public letter to social media the evening of January 10th. Solís was key…
New Year Message of Government of Nicaragua
This end of the year speech by Daniel Ortega takes place in the context of the report issued earlier in the month [December 2018] by the GIEI that accused the government…
A Small But Big Difference
The author of this editorial ran as the Presidential Candidate for the MRS in the 2006 elections, and was a close collaborator of Pedro Joaquín Chamorro, the editor of La…
Nicaragua: Feminism as an exercise of autonomy and fight for freedom
This interview of María Teresa Blandón was done by an Argentinian feminist organization. María is one of the key feminist leaders in Central America, and for years has taught in…