Will we have new Army leadership or five more years of the same?
2019 Noviembre Nicaragua
The military leadership’s succession process is very relevant to the building of democratic institutions in Nicaragua. To date, despite that importance,...
Overhaul the existing Police or create a new one?
2019 Junio Nicaragua
Two years ago no one could have even imagined that Nicaragua would be shaken by the most severe political crisis of its recent history—an unarmed civic...
An urgent message for the Army of Nicaragua
2019 Febrero Nicaragua
The national crisis resulting from the Ortega-Murillo regime’s bloody repression of the unarmed civic uprising starting last April 18 has had devastating...
The Nicaraguan Army: Spectator or accomplice?
2018 Noviembre Nicaragua
From the moment on April 22, five days into the unprecedented peaceful civic rebellion, that the Ortega-Murillo government withdrew its controversial...
The government’s policy of terror has created a dilemma for the Army
2018 Julio Nicaragua
It’s hard, if not impossible to fully analyze the complexities of the civic insurrection and socio-political crisis that have been Nicaragua’s daily...
A brief history of our chameleon Army
2017 Septiembre Nicaragua
The Nicaraguan Army, the youngest military body in the hemisphere, celebrates its founding every yearon September 2 even though it isn’t the date the...
Stripped of its own nature, the Police is a satellite of the regime
2017 Abril Nicaragua
Since 2007 the refrain “Nicaragua, the safest country in Central America” has been promoted both nationally and internationally. Police Director General...
Armed to the teeth:Nicaragua’s remilitarization
2016 Octubre Nicaragua
In April of this year, the Russian media confirmed that Nicaragua is obtaining lethal materiel via bilateral agreements with Russia. The April 25 Spanish...