Message to Parents at the Colegio Centro América
This message was published on the Colegio Centro America facebook page, and gives an inside view as how the crisis is affecting normal families. It is a large Jesuit run…
Letter to the Commander in Chief of Nicaraguan Army from Prominent Nicaraguan Women
This letter, although written on July 24, was published as a paid ad in La Prensa, on August 2, 2018. Early on in this crisis the Commander in Chief of…
Central American University announces SUSPENSION OF WORK FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST
The Central American University in Managua released this press statement yesterday July 31, 2018 announcing the suspension of most of their activities for the month of August. Nearly half of…
Will We be Able to Live Together Some Day?
This is an opinion piece done by Guillermo Rothschuh, writer, essayist and Director of Observatorio de Medios of CINCO, published on July 20 in their digital publication, Confidencial. It addresses…
Daniel Ortega´s interview on Fox News
On July 23 Daniel Ortega was interviewed on Brett Baier´s Fox News Program. The full interview with its English translation can be seen here: http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/07/23/bret-baier-interviews-nicaraguan-president-daniel-ortega-special-report The interview was widely followed in…
Daniel Ortega´s Speech on the 39th Anniversary of the Revolution
To have a full picture of the polarization in Nicaragua today it is important to compare this speech with the previous post, the interview of Daniel Ortega´s Vice President in…
Sergio Ramírez: “Maybe what Daniel Ortega wants is to provoke a civil war”
This is an interview of Sergio Ramírez by the Costa Rican newspaper "La Nación". He is a well known writer throughout the Spanish speaking world, and was Daniel Ortega´s vice…
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…