NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON PEACEFUL PROTESTORS AND ARBITRARILY DETAINS OVER 80 CITIZENS
There was a strong presence of heavily armed police and riot police all along the Carretera Masaya, and the route of the march announced by the Civic Alliance. Social media…
Press Release of the National Police of Nicaragua, March 15, 2019
Last Wednesday, March 13, the Civic Alliance announced that they would rejoin the talks with the Nicaraguan government, after the government had announced that on Friday it would release a…
Three posts on the National Dialogue: CEN, Government of Nicaragua and Civic Alliance
The Dialogue between the Government and the Civic Alliance was restarted on Feb 27 with daily meetings, so far just to set the framework and the agenda. It was reported…
Ortega´s Motives
This appeared on Enrique´s blog yesterday, and is a critical analysis of the negotiations set to begin today between Ortega and the Blue and White Alliance. The author is a…
The big jigsaw puzzle: Who will pick up the pieces?
With the announcement of the renewal of the National Dialogue on Feb 21st, voices were raised questioning the government´s motives, as it was the government that walked away from the…
Speech of Daniel Ortega on the 85th anniversary of the death of Augusto Sandino
This is an important speech because in it Daniel Ortega announces the renewal of the National Dialogue, and provides his perspective on it. As is his custom, his speech touches…
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…