Nicaraguan Perspectives

Resignation letter to Civic Alliance from 4 founding members

November 7, 2020

Days after the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy announced their withdrawal from the National Coalition, a number of founding members of the Civic Alliance who disagreed with that decision,…

El “Pana-pana” and “Biri-biri”are the ways the indigenous communities survive after the passage of Hurricane Eta

November 5, 2020

Two articles follow on the impact of Hurricane Eta on Northern Nicaragua, one that focuses on its impact on indigenous communities, and another that addresses the government´s attempt to block…

Dancing with the “blue and white” trolls of Ortega

November 5, 2020

In the context of the newly approved laws on the regulation of foreign agents and cybercrimes, the recent withdrawal of the Civic Alliance from the National Coalition, and departures of…

Speech of Daniel Ortega on the 41st Anniversary of the Ministry of the Interior

October 27, 2020

Oct 18 was the 41st anniversary of the founding of the Ministry of the Interior, which is the Ministry in charge of the Police, Firefighters, Penitentiary system and Migration Services.…

LAW FOR THE REGULATION OF FOREIGN AGENTS (effective Oct 15, 2020)

October 20, 2020

This is a translation of the law that was approved on Oct 15, 2020 LAW FOR THE REGULATION OF FOREIGN AGENTS (approved by the National Assembly October 15, 2020) Chapter…

Miguel Mora: from Sandinista to politician persecuted by the Ortega Murillo Regime

October 19, 2020

This article recounts the personal story of Miguel Mora, founder of the news program 100% Noticias [100% News] which originally was a very pro- government, privately owned channel, but in…

Lottie Cunningham: “They want to exterminate us, create ethnocide”

October 13, 2020

Lottie Cunningham is the founder of the Center for Justice and Human Rights of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua (CEJUDHCAN) and recently won the 2020 Right Livelihood Award. Lottie Cunningham:…

We Welcome the Forceful Resolution of the European Parliament and We Demand that Ortega Withdraw the Proposed Bills

October 9, 2020

The European Parliament on October 8 passed a forceful resolution warning the Government of Nicaragua that it would apply sanctions on government officials if it passed 3 recently proposed bills…

The desperation of the Ortega Murillo regime

October 5, 2020

In the last week the Government has submitted three bills for their approval in the National Assembly, which they have the numbers to easily pass: a bill that would allow…

To achieve transitional justice in Nicaragua, the victims of the regime should not forgive and forget

September 21, 2020

Last week the big news story was that Daniel Ortega was recommending changing the longest sentence from 30 years to life, purportedly in response to the rape and murder of…