Nothing has happened here
Sergio Ramírez was Daniel Ortega´s Vice President through the 1980s and one of the founders of the Movement for Sandinista Renovation, but he was first known throughout the Spanish speaking…
LAW IN DEFENSE OF THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE TO INDEPENDENCE, SOVEREIGNTY AND SELF DETERMINATION FOR PEACE
This is the translation of a new law approved on Dec 21, 2020 , which is being interpreted by human rights organizations and the Secretary General of the OAS as…
MESSAGE TO THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY AND THE NICARAGUAN PEOPLE
This paid announcement appeared in La Prensa on Dec 22, 2020. Its translation follows. UCA Central American University MESSAGE TO THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY AND THE NICARAGUAN PEOPLE Cuts in…
The Attorney General´s Office: Crime Factory Against Nicaraguan Political Prisoners
There has been a flurry of activity from the Association of Mothers of Political Prisoners and other opposition groups around trying to promote a “Christmas without Political Prisoners”, something many…
Speech of Daniel Ortega at the Graduation Ceremony of the Military Academy
This wide-ranging speech by Daniel Ortega on the occasion of the graduation ceremony of the military academy provides insight into his thinking on history and a number of key issues…
Monica Baltodano: “I have fought more against this dictatorship than against Somoza”
Monica Baltodano is a guerrilla comandante who led the urban struggle in the north against Somoza. She also published four volumes of radio interviews of people who participated in the…
Victoria Obando: “María Fernanda is following the same steps as Rosario Murillo”
This interview is significant because it provides the experience and perspective of a young trans woman from the Caribbean Coast who also is a former political prisoner and the winner…
Ortega sends a dangerous message to his Sandinista militancy as the 2021 elections get closer
In the midst of hurricane news, a very important story could be missed: the release from prison of a Sandinista militant who publicly shot a dissident for shouting “Long live…
“The mountain was coming down….nothing survived”
16 people officially lost their lives with the passage of Hurricane Iota, 11 from a landslide on the Matagalpa side of the Peñas Blancas cliff area, which sits on the…
Gabriel Álvarez: “The privacy of everyone is in danger”
Gabriel Álvarez is one of the foremost constitutional experts in the country, and in this interview addresses the three recent laws that the opposition claim are designed to provide the…