Nicaragua: Speaking Bitterness
On a recent visit to the States a friend asked me, "So, are the Sandinistas washed up?" I took a ...
The Rise and Fall of the FSLN
Twenty-five years ago, amid the urban insurrection against the brutal regime of Anastasio Somoza, teenagers armed with no more than ...
Few Surprises at Sandinista Congress
When former president Daniel Ortega told the Nicaraguan people that the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) would "rule from below" ...
What They Are Saying
...we are used to thinking that imperi- alism only wants to keep us in misery. I believe that was true ...
Democratizing the FSLN and Nicaragua
According to the New York Times, the Bush Administration is implementing a “concerted effort” to block the return of the ...
Strange Bedfellows: The Aleman-Ortega Pact
Consensus politics has a bad name in Nicaragua—that is, where "consensus" means divvying up the spoils of government. The Somozas ...
