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Why PEN Nicaragua Suspends Operations

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 Circles Robinson 1 Comment Gioconda Belli

The State demands that we register as “foreign agents” and none of us, writers committed to freedom, accept this imposition.

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Nicaragua’s Slippery Unity

December 5, 2020December 5, 2020 Circles Robinson 0 Comments Gioconda Belli

First, let’s open the road. If we do that, there’ll be time and institutions enough for those who want water to fill their own cups.

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My Life to the Rhythm of Zoom

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 Circles Robinson 0 Comments Gioconda Belli

I yearn for a return to the days of community. I hope that the virtual world – the networks, the

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Nicaragua’s Young People: Heroes or Villains?

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 Circles Robinson 1 Comment Gioconda Belli

It’s not the same to lead marches or resist in barricades, however heroic that may be, than to deal with daily political processes…

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My Questions to Sandinistas in Times of Pandemic

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 Circles Robinson 1 Comment Gioconda Belli

I mourn physical deaths, but also the deceit that has made them multiply. This virus does not differentiate between Sandinistas and non-Sandinistas.

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Gioconda Belli: An Undervalued Battle Trench

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 Circles Robinson 1 Comment Gioconda Belli

The pandemic finds us already under siege from that other disease: fear, and the insecurity that surrounds our lives and threatens our freedom.

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Gioconda Belli: Quarantine Afternoon

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 Circles Robinson 0 Comments Gioconda Belli

Reading Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore. During this pandemic and the resulting confinement, there’s one fundamental revelation: the necessity of art.

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Gioconda Belli: One Swallow Doesn’t Make a Summer; or Does It?

February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Circles Robinson 0 Comments Gioconda Belli

Recognizing past mistakes is a valuable exercise because they provide lessons that can be shared, so that the same mistakes aren’t repeated.

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The Ortega Regime Tries to Hijack the Granada Poetry Festival

January 24, 2020January 25, 2020 Circles Robinson 1 Comment Gioconda Belli

The only poetry that fits is that of protest; freedom is a precious belonging that we can’t sacrifice on altars raised to idols with feet of clay.

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Why So Many Rebellions?

November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 Circles Robinson 1 Comment Gioconda Belli

The world is witnessing with astonishment a series of popular rebellions: France, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Chile, Hong Kong, Iraq, Lebanon, Bolivia, and Haiti have seen multitudinous protests, each with its particular origin, that have provoked diverse responses.

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