Nicaragua

Nicaragua: An Orchestrated Election Day for President Ortega
Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega is seeking a fourth presidential term. The elections are taking place in the middle of a major national crisis, the division of the bourgeois opposition, and threats by U.S. imperialism.
Milton D'León
November 7, 2021A Marxist History of the Nicaraguan Revolution
It has been 40 years since the Nicaraguan Revolution. What happened and what lessons are there for socialists today?
Milton D'León
August 23, 2019Nicaragua Encachimbada: A Popular Uprising
April 11 marked the beginning of a new wave of protests in Nicaragua. Now, more than 100 days later, protesters remain committed to their struggle against the Ortega-Murillo regime.
Cristina Awadalla
August 6, 2018Nicaragua: The Making of a Historic Crisis
Almost 40 years after the Sandinistas spearheaded a movement in Nicaragua that toppled a dictatorship and initiated an era of progressive reforms, the Sandinista government has unleashed a brutal attack on protesters demanding radical changes, accusing them of terrorism and collusion with US agencies. What are the true causes of the recent mass uprisings of the Nicaraguan people?
Marisela Trevin
August 2, 2018