The human sacrifices of the left
The author is well known essayist in Nicaragua on a wide array of topics. He is a sociologist and researcher who has published several books on migration, youth and gangs…
Coup d’état?
These articles, part of a two part series, are important in that they address the Nicaraguan government´s contention that the crisis in April 2018 was really a coup attempt on…
They were shooting with precision: to kill!
The author of the following article just won the Ibero-American Rey de España award for this article, originally published in Confidencial May 26, 2018. We provide the translation of that…
POLICY OF NATIONAL STRATEGY “DEFENSE IS FIRST…FOR PEACE, THE COMMON GOOD, FOR PRODUCTION”
This document could not be found on the official website of the FSLN, el Digital 19, but is reported to have come from a political secretary in one of the…
Letter to Pope Francis from Blue and White National Unity
Pope Francis traveled this week to Panama for the celebration of World Youth Day. Thousands of Nicaraguans traveled there as well, and this letter was delivered to the Pope asking…
The crisis of April: Nature and scope
This is a long interview, but worth the read because it addresses in a comprehensive way different facets of the crisis and options for its resolution. The author was a…
The Sorcerers of the Government
Oscar René Vargas is a well known political analyst, now in exile in Costa Rica after the government ordered his arrest in July. He joined the FSLN in 1967 and…
“Construimos Nicaragua” [We are building Nicaragua] Program
An earlier version of this document was published in September. With minor changes it was inserted in the version of La Prensa on January 14, 2019. This translation includes the…
President of the UCA. “This is a punishment for having critical thinking”
The UCA in these days received the news that the budget subsidy that they have received by constitutional mandate - like all universities that belong to the National University Council…
PUBLIC LETTER OF RESIGNATION AND DENUNCIATION
Rafael Solís, probably the Magistrate in the Supreme Court the closest to Ortega, resigned and released a public letter to social media the evening of January 10th. Solís was key…