Nicaraguan Perspectives

This is very serious explanation of the implications of the newly published regulations of what is known as the Cybercrime law, but written in a “humorous” way, a  common cultural…

This overview of the economy for 2021 includes addressing an existing pact between Ortega and big capital, something that part of the opposition have complained about since April 2018. This…

This article applies the concept of Necropolitics to the reality of Nicaragua. It does provide novel insights into the situation. Ten Reasons Why Experts Think That Ortega Practices Necropolitics By…

On January 18th the Nicaraguan University Alliance (AUN), one of the student organizations that is part of the Civic Alliance for Justice and Peace, issued the following press release. In…

Suyen Barahona explains the reasons why the MRS gives up the name “Sandinista” In Confidencial, January 14, 2021 by Franklin Villavicencio The Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) has decided to do…

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…