Category: Nicaragua
Father Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann was a man who spoke truth to power and expected others to do the same
Jennifer Goett: Nicaragua’s Authoritarian Turn is Not a Product of Leftist PoliticsPolitical repression in the country has its roots in U.S. intervention
Jennifer Goett: In Nicaragua, the Latest Zombie MegaprojectThe Interoceanic Grand Canal is a threat to the environment and to the Nicaraguan people
Jonah Walters: Ortega’s BetrayalToday’s Sandinista leaders are a far cry from the revolutionaries that once inspired the international left
José Adán Silva: Climate Change Dries Up NicaraguaNicaragua has lost 60 percent of its surface water sources and up to 50 percent of its underground sources, which either dried up or have been polluted
One could suggest that Nicaragua and its people are suffering more than anything else from a collective trauma
Over two decades after a devastating civil war, the people of Nicaragua are still plagued by the haunting memories of what could have been
Al Gedicks: Globalized Mining Resistance from El Salvador to WisconsinThe environmental devastation from past and ongoing gold mining operations in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras has provoked a formidable Salvadoran social movement that has been educating and organizing communities for a total ban against metallic mining in El Salvador.
Lauren McCauley: Amid Uproar, Nicaragua to Break Ground on Massive Canal ‘Scheme’Opponents of the project say inter-ocean canal will displace tens of thousands, violates the constitutional rights of indigenous people
Stuart C. Felipe: Letter from Managua on Bolivarian VenezuelaThe CELAC Second Summit, hosted by the revolutionary socialist government of Cuba, registered in spades that the new continental organization had successfully weathered not a few storms and cold fronts unleashed by Washington