Nicaraguan Perspectives

In spite of the key role young people played in the uprising of April 2018, and the number imprisoned time and again for their participation, their stories receive less press…

This is part of a speech Daniel Ortega gave on Dec 17, 2020 in an event where he received the credentials of new ambassadors to Nicaragua. Given the current focus…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…