Nicaragua’s broken polity
As Nicaragua approaches it's 2011 elections, Sergio Ramírez discusses the hold that the current President Ortega has overpower and whether elections will ring the changes. He stresses the need for international attention as a tool to avoid corruption a
Nicaragua: authorities fail to tackle high levels of rape and sexual...
As levels of rape and sexual violence rise the government has failed to tackle the problem sufficiently, taboos remain in place and victims are left to suffer. Amnesty International has published a report which looks at the problem in detail.
Return to Nicaragua documentary screening
Filmed between 1985 and 1991 by the British director Marc Karlin (1943-1999)
Thousands of sugar cane workers die as wealthy nations stall on...
According to a new report, hundreds of sugarcane workers are dying in Central America as a result of of a strange kidney disease, without any serious investigation being carried out as to the cause.
Nicaragua: trouble along the route of the Canal
Dutch journalist Teake Zuidema gave a lift to some Nicaraguan police on their way to control demonstrations by farmers afraid of compulsory purchase and forced relocation.
Catholic Church: Pope Francis goes back to the future
Signs that the new Pope has revived the spirit of Vatican II and rehabilitated parts of Liberation Theology -- so important in Latin America.
Nicaragua: autonomy works (sort of)
Indigenous groups on the Atlantic coast and the Sandinistas are gradually learning how to live with each other. An interview with Michael Campbell from CEDEHCA.
Nicaragua and Costa Rica: Threats Churn in the San Juan River
Environmental and territorial conflict remain along the San Juan river as a hydroelectic project looms and problems along the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica continue.
NICARAGUA: De Facto Electoral President Convokes Elections
The controversial Supreme Electoral Council convokes presidential elections. Tim Rogers reports.
Apuntes sobre las elecciones en el Caribe Norte
In this article (in Spanish), the author visits a region that two decades ago was at the centre of the fight between the Reagan-sponsored contras and the Sandinistas, and finds that the Miskito indians have not experienced much progress.