Tim Rogers

GlobalPost

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.

a nicaraguan paramilitary soldier on the streets of Monimbo.

‘Everyone is an enemy who’s deserving of death, rape and jail’: Death squads have returned to Nicaragua

July 18, 2018Conflict

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.

Has Nicaragua found its silver bullet?

August 2, 2016Business, Economics and Jobs

Daniel Ortega’s cult of personality

August 2, 2016Agence France-Presse

Daniel Ortega’s cult of personality

August 2, 2016Agence France-Presse

Can “Survivor” redefine Nicaragua’s image?

August 2, 2016Lifestyle

Ivanka Trump eyes global real estate empire

August 2, 2016Business, Economics and Jobs

The Trump empire has unveiled its first international hotel venture: a luxury ocean club in Panama City.

What does it mean to be a leftist in Latin America?

August 2, 2016Politics

It’s hard to identify common policies or even a common ideology among many Latin American leftists.

Central America: United they stand, or divided they fall?

August 2, 2016Agence France-Presse

Central America is expected to unveil a regional plan to combat drug trafficking.

How Nicaragua made the most of Hugo Chavez’s riches

August 1, 2016Politics

Nicaragua isn’t sweating the news that Chavez has cancer because it wisely invested the millions of dollars it received from Venezuela.

Nicaragua’s Marxist government gets religion on free trade zones

July 31, 2016Agence France-Presse

Workers support President Ortega’s “social programs” but unions warn against selling out.

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