"Do you ever think about things that you do think about?" (Inherit the Wind)
Food prices are increasing in Nicaragua, according to the latest report by the Nicaraguan Central Bank (BCN, by its Spanish acronym). The basic basket of goods and services has increased by C$280 since January. In other words, the estimated monthly…
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The government led by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has escalated its outcry against unilateral economic sanctions, which it considers an illegal act against “the Nicaraguan people.” Today, the government issued an eleven-page diatribe against sanctions. The document focuses particularly…
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Negotiations between the Ortega-Murillo administration and the Alianza Cívica stalled almost a month ago, on April 3, when the parties were unable to reach any agreements on two important issues, democracy and justice. Now, both sides are locked in a…
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The Nicaraguan Bishops’ Conference (CEN, by its Spanish acronym) expressed its ongoing concern over the current crisis in Nicaragua. In a pastoral message released on Tuesday evening, the Catholic bishops indicated that faith in Christ was incompatible with indifference to…
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Today at dawn, Interim President of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, shared a video of himself, flanked by soldiers, as he announced that a faction of the military had pledged their support to the interim government. “Brave soldiers, brave patriots, brave men…
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The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States met this morning to consider the the situation/status of democracy in Nicaragua, as part of the process towards the application of Article 20 of the Democratic Charter which could lead to…
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BANCORP dissolves. OAS Electoral Experts Brief Alianza and Government Negotiators on Electoral Reform. Protests Staged at UCA Bancorp Dissolves Five days after the US Treasury imposed sanctions on BANCORP, the financial entity announced its “voluntary dissolution”. According to Treasury, BANCORP…
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On a day that Pope Benedict XVI once described as “the greatest day of hope,” Nicaraguans all around the nation walked the Via Crucis, led by Catholic bishops and priests, from churches large and small. It is a Good Friday…
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I belong to the Nicaraguan generation that was too young to fight against Somoza, but old enough to remember Sandinismo. Like many others, I stayed in Nicaragua throughout the 1980s, and I voted for Violeta Chamorro in 1990. I thought…
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Part II compiles music, graphic arts, and memes from the past year in Nicaragua. Music Carlos Mejía Godoy y Los de Palacagüina Carlos Mejía Godoy is a Nicaraguan institution. Though once sandinistas, Carlos and his brother, Luis Enrique, distanced themselves…
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