Nicaraguan Perspectives

Living under police harassment in Nicaragua By Divergentes July 15, 2021 A contender for the presidency arrested, an academic, a journalist, a priest and two activists tell their daily life…

Ortega´s dilemma or how not to bite his tongue while talking against Somoza By Fabián Medina in La Prensa, July 22, 2021 History It is getting harder and harder for…

The author of this article is a well known Nicaraguan poet who had a lot of contact with the current Vice president Rosario Murillo in artistic circles during the 1980s,…

Many analysts claim that Ortega´s recent arrests of 21 opposition leaders and candidates was to provide him with  bargaining chips for future negotiations with the United States. This article places…

“We are trying criminals”: Ortega will not take “one step back” hunting down opponents By Divergentes, June 23, 2021   “We are not putting politicians on trial; we are not…

The girl with the short hair By Sergio Ramírez, In Revista Proceso June 26, 2021 In the face of the critical situation that Nicaragua is currently experiencing and after the…

The government has not released any information to families of those recently picked up. This article focuses on those responsible for the repression. The intellectual authors of the massacre of…

Ortega sends a “suicide” message to big capital: “I am willing to do anything” By Maynor Salazar, June 17, 2021 in Divergentes Experts analyze the latest repressive actions that the…

What follows is a statement from family of Suyen on her abduction released by the UNAMOS party (formerly MRS). Suyen is the current president of UNAMOS. Information on the capture…

This is a translation of an update releases yesterday on the political prisoners. The original follows the translation Public update from the relatives of recently abducted political prisoners Tuesday, June…