The FSLN is now one family’s political machinery
2013 Enero Nicaragua
I’m often asked how Daniel Ortega got where he is, and how the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) ended up as it has. It’s not a question with...
Confronting the Ortega regime requires national unity
2012 Enero Nicaragua
Discussing the challenges facing the opposition in Nicaragua requires first characterizing today’s situation, because it’s radically different from what...
The Crisis Cries for Dialogue but the Government Polarized the Country
2009 Abril Nicaragua
The economic crisis and how to deal with it is the main concern uniting all of humanity today. It’s already affecting everyone, including us in Nicaragua....
Nicaragua’s Drastic Situation Obliged Me to Go on a Hunger Strike
2008 Julio Nicaragua
The Supreme Electoral Council took away the legal status of the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) to prevent us from participating in November’s municipal...
It’s Up to Us to Curtail the Government’s Authoritarianism
2007 Agosto Nicaragua
There’s a saying that “a leopard is known by its spots.” Seven months into the government of Daniel Ortega we have enough spots to get a pretty good...
“Nicaragua Deserves a Decent Government”
2006 Agosto Nicaragua
We’re going into these elections with a seriously challenged electoral institutionality. Hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguans still don’t have a voter...
“The Alliance Around Herty Lewites Is a Unique Opportunity We Mustn’t Waste”
2005 Diciembre Nicaragua
Nicaragua is going through extremely serious times right now, and the worst thing that could happen would be for things to remain exactly the same after...
Today's Political Crisis Is Good for Pushing Social Demands
2005 Febrero Nicaragua
The culture of cutting political deals, making pacts and then re-tooling them is now so much a part of Nicaraguan political life that we could be forgiven...
These Elections Will Test the Convergence’s Validity and Future
2004 Octubre Nicaragua
The National Convergence is an alliance of political parties, groups and individual personalities.
The parties include the FSLN and the MRS, both...
A Project Offering a Future to the Nation and Sandinisimo
2001 Noviembre Nicaragua
The National Convergence emerged during an electoral campaign period, in alliance with the FSLN, but the idea from the start was to create and consolidate...
Latin America and International Cooperation
2000 Julio América Latina
Latin America and the Caribbean—"Our America," as Cuban patriot José Martí called it — is a region of the world whose face is presented to you daily...
Dora María Téllez: A New Option for the Left
2000 Marzo Nicaragua
One of Arnoldo Alemán’s major objectives in the pact with the FSLN was to buy off the organized opposition. He correctly calculated that only the FSLN...
The Paths to Corruption
1998 Octubre Nicaragua
Accusations of acts of corruption committed by officials in Violeta Chamorro's government made the front pages of the national papers both during and...
Dora María Téllez Assesses the National Assembly
1997 Febrero Nicaragua
The first two years of the National Assembly that was elected in 1990, which I was part of first as a Sandinista representative for the FSLN and since...
The Revolution Is Not Lost
1991 Septiembre Nicaragua
In elections for FSLN departmental leadership in Managua last year, Dora María Téllez won an overwhelming majority of the vote. That confidence and...