Nicaraguan Perspectives

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On July 28, 2019 Hagamos Democracia, an Nicaraguan NGO whose legal status was revoked by the Nicaraguan government in December, invited Nicaraguans in exile to a meeting.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

“Sanctions are the only language that Ortega and Murillo understand”

June 21, 2019

This interview of the Director of Human Rights Watch was done on the release of their report on repression and torture in Nicaragua. It is significant because it came out…

Press Release of the Governmentof National Unity and Reconciliation Tuesday, June 18, 2019

June 18, 2019

The Nicaraguan Government with this press release states its position that it has fully with the prisoner release commitment it made in the negotiating table with the Civic Alliance Press…

Will Ortega be able to stop the international sanctions?

June 18, 2019

This article published yesterday on the author´s blog, lays out the importance of the events of the coming days for the immediate future of the country. June 18th is the…