Tim Rogers is editor of www.nicaraguadispatch.com, Nicaragua’s English-language news site. He has lived in Central America for the past 12 years, covering Nicaragua and the rest of the region for The Miami Herald, TIME, Christian Science Monitor, BBC, GlobalPost and others.
President Ortega’s Sandinista National Liberation Front started its transition from a ruling party to a paramilitary death squad in April, in response to a nationwide civic uprising for democracy and justice in Nicaragua. Now Ortega is installing a reign of terror in a failed state.