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Nicaragua: Organized Rebellion or Hopeless Resignation

The key to Nicaragua’s liberation rests on a strategy of cohesion and cooperation among the opposition groups.

The independent press raises the alarm over the arbitrary detention of two journalists by Cuban State Security.

With his death, Mario Vargas Llosa has closed the door on the most splendid era of our literature. The light, however, will remain on.

We are still waiting for an official statement, but the uproar is important—perhaps enough to shame them into reversing the decision.

Amidst the tariff wars, the regional body opted for belligerent rhetoric instead of practical proposals.

Electoral campaigning ended on Thursday April 10th, as did the publication of polling data. Now comes a tense wait until election day.

This is a much more structural issue than we tend to believe and far more difficult to reverse if we want to prevent situations like Jamie’s.

The strategy of “maximum pressure” via sanctions is unlikely to overthrow Nicolas Maduro; negotiating with him inevitably confers legitimacy.

April 2018 marked the starting point of an unprecedented self-organized social mobilization in Nicaragua.

During the President’s tour of economic entities, social institutions, & neighborhoods the most touching moment was the children’s reactions…