URGENT DECLARATION FOR NICARAGUA
Many well known progressive academics and activists throughout Latin America and beyond issued the following declaration on July 17, 2018. This date is significant, because July 17 was the date…
Pastoral Letter from Bishops Conference of Nicaragua, July 14, 2018
The Catholic Bishops conference issued this pastoral letter yesterday, after pro-governmental groups attacked the barricade students had held at the UNAN, and the Catholic Church nearby where the students ran…
WE CONDEMN THE NEW REPRESSIVE ESCALATION AND WE CALL FOR RESISTANCE
Video today showed pro government groups who verbally and physically attacked Nicaraguan bishops who had travelled to Carazo to defend the population there where 14 people earlier were killed. The…
Treasury Sanctions Three Nicaraguan Individuals for Serious Human Rights Abuse and Corrupt Acts
This was issued by the US Treasury Department, July 5, 2018. A number of news articles appeared in the Nicaraguan press today about this designation. Treasury Sanctions Three Nicaraguan Individuals…
Letter from Humberto Ortega to the National Dialogue
This is a letter that retired General Humberto Ortega, founder of the Sandinista Army and brother of Pres. Daniel Ortega, wrote on July 4 to the National Dialogue. Humberto Ortega…
Transition Junta to Save the Nation
This pronouncement came out on July 2, 2018 published by the FAD (Frente Amplio por la Democracia), a coalition formed in Sept 2016 to reject what they called "the political…
Interview: Francisca Ramírez, Leader of the Peasants Movement Against the Canal
This interview was done of Francisca Ramírez, the most recognized leader of the Anti Canal Movement, officially known as the National Council in Defense of Our Land, Lake and Sovereignty-Peasant…
What is happening in Nicaragua: Explanation from a critical leftist approach
This article appeared in an online publication based in Barcelona, but written by an Honduran writer on the left. It was written in the early days of the uprising, but…
The Nicaragua Social Phenomenon and Mirror Neurons
Dr. Humberto López ,a Nicaraguan psychiatrist, provides an interesting scientific explanation for the sudden massive uprising in Nicaragua. It was published on social media. THE NICARAGUAN SOCIAL PHENOMENON AND MIRROR…
Interview: Monica Baltodano, translated from La Prensa, Jun 24
Monica Baltodano was part of the Chief of Staff of the FSLN in Managua at the triumph of the revolution in 1979. This interview brings out her comparisons between those…