US Delays $64 Million in Aid to Nicaragua
Due to concerns over the fairness of Nicaragua’s elections, the US has just announced that it will keep on delaying the promised development aid of $64 million. The US Ambassador to Nicaragua, Robert Callahan, has even said that this aid could be canceled if the situation is not [...]

Back in November, I posted about the municipal elections that were taking place all over Nicaragua on 9 November.  These elections were of major importance as a referendum on Ortega’s Sandinista government, a chance for the Nicaraguan people to feedback on how they thought their country was being run.

The Petition
At the time, concerns were voiced [...]

Nicaragua’s Municipal Elections
The US is not the only country to have been holding elections and considering its leaders carefully. Yesterday, saw Nicas voting in municipal elections, which will test the popularity of President Daniel Ortgega and his Sandinista party who took control of Nicaragua in 2006. While they are only municipal elections, the elections are [...]