What’s Left for Nicaragua’s Rulers?
Who among those who love them doesn’t owe them something: their job, their wealth, the empty epaulettes on their General’s uniform?
Gioconda Belli
Nicaragua Muzzled
It’s the expression of a fearful, paranoid power that fears spaces for free expression that could feed thoughts & broaden horizons…
Gioconda Belli: Nicaragua Needs More Civic Heroes
The public resignation of the Ambassador of Nicaragua to the OAS, Arturo McFields, had the impact of armed guerrilla actions of the past.
Our Own Horror Story
Hugo Torres’ death demonstrates the soullessness that reigns in Nicaragua these days. His death was the final drop in the poisonous cup…
Another Grim Page in Nicaragua’s History
Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo will be inaugurated to continue being the rulers of a country whose society they have fractured.
Using Sovereignty as an Appeal for Immunity
Didn’t that same OAS, that they’re now calling a “cesspool”, once emit a statement against the Somoza government negotiated by the FSLN?
Sergio Ramirez, My Friend
Nicaragua deserves writers like Sergio. What it doesn’t deserve is the cruel, coarse, and mediocre dictatorship that we unfortunately have.
Did They Up the Ante, or Go Off the Deep End?
They’ll be proclaiming they won the elections, but what they’ll really have won is the gold medal for the most extraordinary spectacle.
Artists and Power
The massive rebellion of July 11 in Cuba owes much to the courage of the San Isidro Movement, and the song “Patria y Vida.”
Nicaragua: The Fear Is Mutual
The Ortega-Murillo regime has us under so much repression because it is possessed by fear of its own people.