Nicaraguan Perspectives

Until this past December political prisoners were not allowed to receive any communication or contact with their children -no letters, drawings, photos, phone calls much less in person visits, all…

This opinion piece was republished by Trending Nicaragua as one of the most read articles in 2022. It was written in June by one of the editors of La Prensa.…

Fr. Edwing Román: Priests and laity are jailed “for being witnesses of the truth” “Lord, there continues to be persecution because he who is not with me, is against you.…

Juan Sebastian Chamorro became a political prisoner on June 8, 2021 after announcing his intention to run for the presidency in the elections that were held in November of that…

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…