Nicaraguan Perspectives

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…

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…