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.
1980s Contra collaborators are reorganizing in Miami to lobby for funding for an alleged rearmed rebel movement in Nicaragua.
Nicaraguan business leaders fear economic 'atomic bomb' if US cancels further support.
Tens of thousands of fired employees petition the US for help.
Workers support President Ortega's "social programs" but unions warn against selling out.
Nicaragua isn't sweating the news that Chavez has cancer because it wisely invested the millions of dollars it received from Venezuela.
Central America is expected to unveil a regional plan to combat drug trafficking.
It's hard to identify common policies or even a common ideology among many Latin American leftists.
The Trump empire has unveiled its first international hotel venture: a luxury ocean club in Panama City.
Nicaraguans like that "Survivor" is highlighting its harsh environment.
Is Ortega pushing Nicaragua toward a retro-tropical dictatorship with a God complex?