Benjamin Waddell

child protesting in nicaragua

One year after Nicaraguan uprising, Ortega is back in control

Global Politics

A massive protest movement exploded across Nicaragua in April 2018, threatening to topple the country’s authoritarian regime. What happened to Central America’s “tropical spring?”

A woman wearing a blue bandana covering her face dressed in white holds her hands out to block a riot police.

Migrant money could be keeping Nicaragua’s uprising alive

Conflict
Daniel Ortega speaks in front of a huge picture of Hugo Chavez

Venezuelan oil fueled the rise and fall of Nicaragua’s Ortega regime

Global Politics