Daniel Ortega wants a civil war. Of all the possible scenarios to put an end to the tragedy that Nicaragua lives, it is the only one that can assure his permanence in power. In all the others, his leaving is certain. But now is the first time that one side is not willing to take up arms.
Read MoreThe history of dictators repeats itself. They repress and terrorize their population when they should protect and respect them, while at the same time hiding the terrible truth. And, as if that were not enough, they blame the victims themselves.
Read MoreToday, the FSLN of Ortega and his government, are a shame. They dishonor Sandino’s memory. The turn to the right, nepotism, corruption and, now, the mass murders of defenseless citizens, have erased with one act the reference point that the Latin American left had in Sandinismo.
Read MoreCuba’s state-controlled telecommunications monopoly, Etecsa, asked for people to comment about their third mobile Internet trial, which involved free surfing using a 100Mb data package which was to be used in 72 hours. I wanted to find out what people’s general opinion was, so I read many of the 1048 comments that had been published…
Read More“Ortega has lost the capacity to manage political power and administer order and stability in a unilateral manner. The business community is not willing to configure a new institutional arrangement such as the so-called ‘dialogue and consensus model,’ [that existed before April 18th].”
Read MoreMy dear Amaya Eva Coppens, seeing you snatched up as a supposed criminal by those hooded men hurts me deeply, but your face in the photos is a comfort to those of us who know and love you.
Read MoreThose who think like that abroad—because only the dictators and their lackeys do it here—do not know what is happening. They are so afraid of imperialism as they believe that everything moves in the world by its will. They also despise the dignity and intelligence of the Nicaraguan people.
Read MoreLaw #349, designed to make illegal and punishable all types of independent art in Cuba, became official on July 10th and takes effect in December of this year.
Read MoreEven though it sounds awful to say it, my wife and I were counting down the days until school began again. Almost three months of holidays with two energetic kids at home are honestly very exhausting, as well as the stress spending money to give them more or less an enjoyable vacation is on our family budget.
Read MoreJournalist Angel Gahona was killed by a well-aimed gunshot on the night of April 21st in Bluefields, on Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast. Brandon Lovo and Glenn Slate are the first political prisoners to be condemned by the dictatorship for the death of those victims that they themselves massacred.
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