Nicaraguan Perspectives

The National University Council (CNU) by Constitutional mandate is supposed to provide 6% of total national budget to higher education. In 2018 the UCA´s share was 251.8 million córdobas. This…

The situation indigenous Mayangna communities face is an example of the way the current government promotes a public image of solidarity: while this government did provide legal title to indigenous…

Xenia Barahona, the sister of the Suyen Barahona, the president of the political party UNAMOS who now has spent 219 days in jail and isolation, wrote this piece providing background on…

On January 10, 2022 Ortega was inaugurated for the fourth straight time, after elections rejected as fraudulent by most countries in the world. The same day the United States, European…

On December 30, 2021 "Pinita" Gurdian de Vijil took the risk of appearing in a press conference to denounce an incident where a drunken high level Police official entered into…

Ortega´s grudge against civil society organizations and associations. Since 2018 there are now 67 closed down. La Prensa, Dec 28, 2021 La Prensa presents an accounting of the NGOs and…

This article in explaining why La Prensa has named political prisoners “Person of the Year” recounts in detail the harsh treatment political prisoners and their families are receiving from the…

Ortega gives money from the budget to the Evangelical Church that challenged the legality of the PRD In Nicaragua Investiga Dec 22, 2021 Three evangelical pastors are those “blessed” with…

On December 9, 2021 Ortega cut diplomatic relations with Taiwan after 31 years of recognition, and his sons signed an agreement renewing diplomatic recognition of the People´s Republic of China.…

The life and death of the PLC: from strong men to lackeys of the FSLN In Nicaraguainvestiga.com Dec 6, 2021 This is the history of the Liberal Constitutional Party which…