If the Elections Were Held Today…
2001 Marzo Nicaragua
Enrique Bolaños and Daniel Ortega, two polarizing figures from a past that needs to be put behind us, threaten to monopolize the upcoming presidential...

Who Abstained and Why?
2000 Noviembre Nicaragua
Right after election day, the media reported that some40% of Nicaragua’s eligible voters had abstained. When the Supreme Electoral Council’s official...

Whither US Solidarity with Nicaragua?
1997 Abril Nicaragua
The Sandinista revolution triggered a formidable social and political solidarity movement in the 1980s in many countries. One of the largest movements...

Ethnic Communities of the Pacific and North-Central Nicaragua
1992 Noviembre Nicaragua
Denied Existence; Obstinate Persistence? In this essay by Marcos Membreño, sociology professor at the Central American University, Managua,...