Nicaraguan Perspectives

PRESS RELEASE Our Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Country March 20, 2020 The Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy

March 22, 2020

PRESS RELEASE Our Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Country March 20, 2020 The Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy [Original Spanish] Nicaragua, like the rest of the world,…

Declarations of Rosario, Vicepresident of Nicaragua, in the Midday Edition of Multinoticias, Channel 4 on March 14, 2020

March 22, 2020

The next two posts show the contrast in response to the coronavirus in Nicaragua: this translation of the declarations of the Vice President, peppered with language of trust in God, …

Compañero Rosario after the Act in Homage of General Sandino

March 7, 2020

This speech by the Vice President provides insight into her conception of peace and love as it is lived in the context of Nicaragua today. The government and its supporters…

Susana Marley: “In the Caribbean they do not prescribe jail, just lead”

February 24, 2020

It is unusual for a media outlet on the Pacific side of the country to publish a long interview of a community leader from the Atlantic Coast. Her experience on…

The Four Horsemen of Corruption and US Sanctions

February 23, 2020

Headline news February 10th was the fact that the Ortega government rushed through a bill approving four new businesses related to the import, processing and sale of hydrocarbons. It was…

This is how they massacred the Mayangna Indigenous in the Bosawas Reserve

February 10, 2020

At the end of January Nicaragua and the international community were shocked to learn of a massacre of Mayangna indigenous on their own lands by 80 heavily armed settlers. This…

Roberto Courtney: “There will be early elections only if they are helpful to Ortega”

February 9, 2020

Some days ago, the Director of Ethics and Transparency (EyT), Roberto Courtney, caused a commotion in Nicaragua by offering to meet with the government on possible electoral reforms. Their organization…

The UNAN held a “black mass” to order to expel students

February 3, 2020

This is the second part to the previous article dealing with the expulsion of over 110 students from public universities by the Government. The UNAN held a “black mass” to…

The University Students Expelled by the Dictatorship of Daniel Ortega

February 2, 2020

University students led the uprising in April 2018, but also, like peasants, are a group whose experience and perspectives receive less coverage in the media. This article, the first of…

Freddy Navas: “Arnoldo Alemán should be in jail”

January 28, 2020

The peasant and student movements are the principal movements behind the uprising, the peasant movement first starting in June 2013, when they organized against the canal project. They then decided…