Nicaraguan Perspectives

Open Letter of Religious of Nicaragua to Cardinal Brenes Managua, December 13, 2022 Dear Cardinal Brenes; As religious women, priests, and religious men of Nicaragua, clandestinely due to the harassment…

To my sister, Suyen Barahona By Xenia Barahona, Dec 12, 2022 in DIVERGENTES December 7, 2022: the twelfth family visit for the political prisoners, finally with the presence of children,…

This is another serious violation of the constitution and international law on the part of the dictatorship against its own citizens which is ignored in the arguments of those who defend the…

This is the blog post of recently jailed Óscar René Vargas where he introduces the concept of "endogenous implosion" as an explanation of how the regime will eventually fall due…

This is the last blog post Oscar René Vargas posted shortly before he was arrested, when hooded police without a warrant raided the home of his sister, who he was…

Municipal elections are scheduled in Nicaragua this Sunday Nov 6th, but they are taking place in a context which Urnas Abiertas summarizes as “political terror” , and where all gatherings…

This  perceptive analysis about the lack of unity among the Nicaraguan opposition and what is needed to achieve it was written by Zoilamerica Ortega Murillo, the first-born daughter of Rosario Murillo,…

The emails that confirm the political control of the FSLN over public employees In DIVERGENTES, Oct 13, 2022 A leak of emails from public institutions exposes the control that the…

UCA activates platform for sponsoring low income students, after suspension of budget appropriation La Prensa, October 5, 2022 After the reduction of the budget appropriation from the 6 percent mandated…

This opinion piece by exiled editor of La Prensa provides some common sense perspective to the worsening situation in Nicaragua. The last kicks of a drowning man By Fabian Medina,…