Nicaraguan Perspectives

PRESS RELEASE- IACHR Denounces the Persistence of Repression in Nicaragua

September 10, 2019

This is a significant statement by the IACHR that confirms the continued violation of rights and freedoms on the part of the government, rights that the government agreed to re-establish…

Without Pressure there are no Negotiations

August 19, 2019

Yaser Morazán has an important presence in social media in Nicaragua, and had been critical of the business sector´s reluctance to get involved in acts of civil disobedience to show…

President Daniel Ortega: We have a commitment to make the Interoceanic Canal a Reality in Nicaragua

August 14, 2019

President Daniel Ortega: We have a commitment to make the Interoceanic Canal a Reality in Nicaragua Published in El 19 Digital Aug 13, 2019 [see original Spanish at https://www.el19digital.com/articulos/ver/titulo:93076-presidente-daniel-ortega-tenemos-el-compromiso-de-hacer-realidad-el-canal-interoceanico-en-nicaragua ]…

40 Years of the Sandinista Revolution: Debating is Important

August 12, 2019

Raúl Zibechi is an Uruguayan activist-journalist and researcher of social movements in Latin America. His reputation - well known and respected especially by the left- makes this article on the…

The Strategy of Termites

July 31, 2019

The current FSLN administration promotes itself as a pro-poor government, and rallies its supporters with the threat that the current opposition would not be as beneficial to the poor as…

The Complaint of the Exiles: National Strike and More Representation

July 30, 2019

This is an account of the incident among Nicaraguan exiles in a meeting on July 28, 2019 in Costa Rica from the viewpoint of one of the panelists, Félix Maradiaga,…

“The Alliance should listen to the people” says Doña Francisca, peasant leader

July 30, 2019

On July 28, 2019 Hagamos Democracia, an Nicaraguan NGO whose legal status was revoked by the Nicaraguan government in December, invited Nicaraguans in exile to a meeting. Nicaraguan exiles who…

Homegrown fascism is what Nicaragua has

July 18, 2019

This is an important current assessment given the background of the author, his intimate knowledge of Daniel Ortega, and touches on a number of important and sensitive topics: the role…

Professor Gabriel Putoy: “Commissioner Avellán hit me in the forehead with an AK 47”

July 3, 2019

Monimbó, Masaya has always been a Sandinista stronghold, so it was somewhat surprising when it was one of the neighborhoods that most strongly protested the government´s brutal response to the…

Social Inequality

July 3, 2019

By any reckoning, any resolution to the current crisis will still leave a very polarized society. In fact current government pronouncements fuel the polarization by continuing to refer to the…