Nicaraguan Perspectives

Dictatorship Kidnaps Dozens of “Unidad Nacional Azul and Blanco” Leaders

October 14, 2018

This is the statement from the Articulación de Movimientos Sociales on the arrests mentioned in the previous post. The Interamerican Commission on Human Rights issued a tweet this morning reminding…

Police detained people who carried out a demonstration without the corresponding permit

October 14, 2018

Independent news channels in Nicaragua showed the police arresting what later became known as 38 people among many who gathered to demonstrate against the government. In the past the government…

Ex pro-government journalist publishes chat of the attack on the May 30th march and denounces threats

October 14, 2018

This news piece follows up on an earlier piece where a ruling party journalist announces his resignation from the pro government media where he worked. Because he has been receiving…

Interview of Fidel Narváez: “our struggles cannot be divided by borders”

October 13, 2018

This interview of a student leader now in exile appeared in an online magazine started by a recently formed organization composed mainly of socialist parties in Europe and Latin America..…

Blue and White National Unity Manifesto

October 5, 2018

A significant announcement was made yesterday of a coalition of some 43 civil society organizations that includes university students, peasants, human rights activists, business sector, feminists, politicians and other movements,…

Carlos Mikel Espinoza: “I was an accomplice of the Ortega family”

October 2, 2018

This interview in Sunday´s supplement to La Prensa provides inside confirmation of a number of incidents that Nicaraguans themselves noted if they watched the same events on both government and…

“We are Building Nicaragua” Program

September 27, 2018

An important issue in the current crisis in Nicaragua is the question of what would Nicaragua look like should Ortega leave, as the opposition demands. In recent weeks some important…

Nicaragua and the Trap of a Civil War

September 20, 2018

Given the amount of deaths (322 according to UN and OAS Human Rights organizations), and the number of extrajudicial kidnappings and detentions- hundreds and ongoing - there are some that…

Nicaraguan Neurosurgeon Reveals Torture Cases He’s Attended

September 20, 2018

We generally only post translations that are not available elsewhere, but realizing that some readers also value our selection of documents, we are including a couple significant ones from the…

Open Letter to the Left from the Left: Nicaragua and the responsibility of the Left

September 12, 2018

This is a statement signed by hundreds of people from the left in Spain and Europe that criticizes the left that continues to support Ortega. Open Letter to the Left…