Nicaraguan Perspectives

Pronouncement from Health Professionals in the face of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Nicaragua

May 11, 2020

The following pronouncement appeared as a paid advertisement in the Saturday, May 9, 2020 edition of La Prensa. The next day, six former Nicaraguan Ministers of Health sent a joint…

Medardo Mairena challenges the Army of Nicaragua: “Allow international human rights organization to go to the territories”

May 9, 2020

Medardo Mairena challenges the Army of Nicaragua: “Allow international human rights organization to go to the territories” by Leonor Álvarez in La Prensa, May 9, 2020 [original Spanish] Users of…

The crisis in Nicaragua: chronology of the principal events

May 5, 2020

The month of April marks the 2nd year anniversary of the uprising that started in April 2018. A team of researchers at the UCA for this anniversary published a book…

VIII Anniversary of the Passing of Comandante Tomás Borge to Immortality and Celebration of Labor Day (April 30, 2020)

May 2, 2020

This speech, though long, is significant because it provides the perspective of Daniel Ortega on the current situation, since he has had very few public statements since the advent of…

Carlos Mejía Godoy: “My silence ended up being complicity”

April 27, 2020

It has been two years since the April 2018 uprising against the Ortega government. Many of those who rose up were Sandinistas appalled at the brutality of the response of…

SPECIAL – The lawyers of the political prisoners: two years demanding justice and freedom

April 20, 2020

April 18, 2020 is the two year anniversary of the uprising in Nicaragua, initially provoked by changes in the social security law. When elderly and student supporters demonstrated against those…

Daniel Ortega breaks his record of absences in the post: 30 days

April 14, 2020

International media are now commenting on Ortega´s more than 30 day disappearance from public view, in full throes of the coronavirus. This article gives some background to his absences, and…

Óscar René Vargas: “Ortega´s Regime is betting on creating chaos”

April 10, 2020

An important analyst and early founding member of the FSLN now in exile in this article proposes political reasons behind the puzzling lack of reaction of the Nicaraguan government to…

LETTER SENT TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE FOR THE LIBERATION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS

April 6, 2020

LETTER SENT TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE FOR THE LIBERATION OF POLITICAL PRISONERS [original Spanish] April 2, 2020 We share the complete text of the letter that…

Is the Government giving the same response to two different crises?

March 28, 2020

The Nicaraguan Government´s lack of a public call for social distancing and instead, implementing measures to increase direct contact, befuddle many observers. This Nicaraguan economist makes a cogent economic policy…