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Father Edwin Roman: “All Citizens Are Persecuted”

Edwin Roman is a civic hero for people from Masaya. He asks: “How is it that a government that calls itself Christian is killing its own people, and is against their rights as citizens?

Polaquito Knew the Men Involved in the Attack on the Moncada Barracks

I’m sitting in front of an old man who personally knew and served the group of young men who attacked the Moncada barracks in 1953. Most people don’t believe his story, but he doesn’t mind. With a serious, tired and very humble face, he tells the story of a part of his life to whoever wants to hear it.

Ernesto Jose: between Prison and Freedom

Ernesto Jose Reyes Morales is 45 years old and he was in a prison in Quivican, located in Mayabeque province, in 2001. He was charged with misappropriation of funds and he had to serve this unfair sentence. State resources, in the area that he was responsible for, disappeared.

Jon Lee Anderson: “Authoritarian Leaders Know How to Handle Democracy”

According to Jon Lee Anderson (legendary US journalist who has covered events in dozens of countries and published articles in several of the world’s most prestigious media), Latin America and the world in general are going through a crisis that cannot only be viewed from the old Left-Right dichotomy.

Wheelock: “Ortega has the Option to Resign”

“There are two paths: confrontation which will destroy the country; or return to dialogue, dissolve the paramilitaries, cease persecution and free political prisoners,” former FSLN National Directorate member Jaime Wheelock told Confidencial.

Cuba’s Monetary Reform: Surgery or Sedatives?

Maintaining this current situation is very expensive, inefficiency becomes eternal, statistics are distorted, there are no incentives for foreign investment. The dilemma lies between the foolproof benefits in the medium/long term and the immediate shock to the economy once it is implemented, which might even make it collapse.

Bishop Silvio Baez: “The Political Dimension of Faith is Indispensable”

Three moments since April 18 have strongly marked Silvio Jose Baez, the auxiliary bishop of Managua and one of Nicaragua’s most respected priests. One of those moments was the murder of the first young man by the National Police near the Polytechnic University (Upoli). He cried as he watched the news that day…

The Foreign Relations Challenges Facing Ortega’s “Exhausted” Regime

Daniel Ortega’s loss of credibility with the US government has grown in recent years, and, after the brutal repression since April, Arturo Cruz, a former ambassador of Nicaragua to the United States, sees it unlikely that there will be an understanding between Ortega and president Trump, as the Nicaraguan president has suggested in his interviews with the international press.

The Caravan Across Europe to Denounce What’s Happening in Nicaragua

Yerling Aguilera, Jessica Cisneros and Madelaine Caracas have been traveling across Europe for over two months, denouncing the government of Daniel Ortega, whose repression has left a toll of at least 300 dead in Nicaragua according to human rights organizations. The three young women want to “inform” fellow Nicaraguans living abroad and are also holding meetings with leftist politicians.

“Nicaragua Struggles and Waits for a Miracle,” says Father Edwin Roman

The rustic wooden cross enters in a silent procession, in the hands of the altar boy. Excited, people hold their breath and then break into applause. Some cry when they see the priest’s silhouette. He’s back. “This applause is for Christ and for Nicaragua,” says Father Edwin Roman from the altar of the humble San Miguel church in Masaya.