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Nicaragua’s Slumping Tourism is also Bad for Nature

When tourists stopped coming after the 2018 unrest, local Nicaraguans lost their incentive to protect the environment…

Nostalgic memories include a suckling pig sandwich on the street, pork steak at lunch time & even rearing a pig or two in the city.

“We must overcome fragmentation, in part caused by the regime, but also because, as a society, we’ve been carrying that tendency ourselves.”

The Ortega-Murillo dictatorship has undertaken a new wave of arrests against artists whom it considers critics or opponents…

Since Venezuela began cracking down on independent media in 2007, most internet blockages have been conducted by CANTV, the state-run ISP

On Sunday April 10th, the beautiful Quinta de los Molinos, was the setting of an unprecedented event on our island…

The Nicaraguan embassy in Costa Rica puts “roadblocks” in the way of opposition activists who need their passport renewed.

In front of my friend’s house, a group of armed men have arrived. He’s inside with the woman he loves and their little boy…

Besides closing down important news outlets, the regime holds more than 180 political prisoners, among them several linked to journalism.

“The majority of us here are independent protectors and we seek to raise people’s awareness about looking after animals.”