Nicaraguan Perspectives

Army of Nicaragua rejects responsibilities in crimes occurred in the countryside over 12 years

January 15, 2020

This article addresses the Nicaraguan Army´s response to a report on peasant killings that was presented by three Nicaraguan organizations to the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights of the OAS…

What 2019 leaves us and where we are going

January 13, 2020

This provides a good short summary of what happened last year and the principal tasks the opposition faces this year by former president of MRS. What 2019 leaves us and…

The orders from Murillo, after the killing of Álvaro Conrado

January 1, 2020

This past week more internal documents from the Vice President were leaked to the press, showing her role in the directing the FSLN social media response to the horrific scenes…

Nicaragua: The Popular Insurrection and Its Prospects

December 31, 2019

It is customary at the end of the year or decade to do an assessment of the past. This article by an anonymous Nicaraguan author does a review of the…

Zayda Hernández: “If they do not hold a national strike the easy way, it will be done the hard way”

December 24, 2019

The crisis of April 2018 was led by students, but the frequency of their appearance in the media do not reflect their importance. This interview provides an analysis of the…

Yesterday and Today, Reflection December 2019, General Humberto Ortega

December 12, 2019

Daniel Ortega´s brother and chief strategist of the war against Somoza, and the founding general of the Sandinista Army, took out a full page ad in the La Prensa newspaper…

“If the Police enter, or I die, ring the bells”. The order of Fr. Edwin Román during the abduction of the Church of San Miguel

December 4, 2019

This article interviews the participants in the recent eight-day hunger strike for the release of political prisoners in the San Miguel Church in Masaya. In response to the strike, the…