Nicaraguan Perspectives

Medardo Mairena: “They Cut Peasants Piece by Piece Until They Brought Them Down”

October 13, 2019

As a member of the first National Dialogue, representing the Peasant Movement Against the Canal, this peasant leader was abducted and eventually sentenced to 216 years in jail, and was…

The Ghost of the 1990 Defeat

October 6, 2019

This opinion piece by a well known essayist paints a picture of the increasing isolation of the Ortega government, and highlights the fact that the regime´s analysis of the current…

President Daniel Ortega and Compañera Rosario Murillo preside over the event in Honor of General Benjamín Zeledón

October 5, 2019

This article published by the official government media, summarizes and extensively quotes a speech by Daniel Ortega on the anniversary of the birth and death of Benjamín Zeledón. In this…

TO FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN CATHOLICS, MEN AND WOMEN OF GOOD WILL WHO LISTEN TO OUR VOICES

September 19, 2019

In the midst of the independence days celebrations in Nicaragua, the denouncement by the IACHR of continued repression by the government and lack of civil liberties, the rejection by the…

20 Points that Unites Us for a New Nicaragua

September 18, 2019

The Blue and White National Unity released this plan for widespread discussion, within a context where the Nicaraguan government had denied the entry of a delegation of the OAS to…

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…