Young and Old United in Nicaragua's #OcupaINSS Movement
Nicaragua's youth began using the hashtag #OcupaINSS [es] to show their solidarity with the senior citizens that were protesting to demand partial pensions from the government. Blogger Mildred...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Derailment of ‘La Bestia’, Another Tragedy in a Broken Immigration System
Migrants on “la Bestia”. Photo by Peter Haden on Flickr (CC BY 2.0) This post is part of our series on Latin America: Migrant Journeys in collaboration with The North American Congress on Latin America...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Russian Warships in Nicaragua Rekindle Territorial Disputes
San Carlos, Rio San Juan, Nicaragua. Photo by Daniel Fajardo Valenti on Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0) The presence of two Russian warships in Nicaragua's pacific port of Corinto has heightened tensions between...
View Article#ReformáÉsta: Daniel Ortega Looks to Reform Nicaragua's Constitution
Mildred Largaespada [es] from the blog 1001 Trópicos [es] writes that Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega “wants to reform the country's political constitution in order to be forever re-elected, among...
View ArticleClik here to view.
PHOTOS: Humans of Latin America
“She laughed, laughed and laughed while she waited for inter-provincial transportation. Tiraque, Cochabamba”.Photo by Mijhail Calle for Humans of Bolivia, used with permission. Inspired by photographer...
View ArticleClik here to view.
#BlogsNi: Nicaraguan Blog Carnival Focuses on Identity
Nicaraguan bloggers will be sharing their ideas and reflections about identity [es] throughout November 2013: #BlogsNi ha llegado, todos y todas están invitados. Textos, imágenes, vídeos, audio y...
View ArticleVIDEO: “They work to die”, Mystery Disease Killing Central American Sugarcane...
Workers who cut sugarcane and other crops in the coastal lowlands of Central America are being hit by a mysterious disease: From Panama to southern Mexico, laborers are coming down with kidney failure...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Global Voices Partners With Fundación MEPI
Global Voices has launched a new partnership with Fundación MEPI, an organization that promotes regional investigative projects in the Americas. MEPI was founded in 2010 in Mexico, where news outlets’...
View ArticleNicaraguan Micro-Fiction by Alberto Sánchez Arguello
Blogger Mildred Largaespada of 1001 Trópicos [es] writes about Alberto Sánchez Arguello, a Nicaraguan writer who shares his micro-stories through his Twitter account @7tojil [es]. “He is definitely an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Putting Faces on the Mysterious Disease Killing Nicaraguan Sugar Cane Workers
Photo by Ed Kashi. All rights reserved. Used with permission. An epidemic of fatal Chronic Kidney Disease (CKDu) is killing sugar cane workers at alarming rates in Nicaragua, and photojournalist Ed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Recap of the Blog Carnival ‘Do You Love the Internet?’
[All links lead to Spanish language pages.] As we announced a few days ago, the moment has arrived to present the results of our Blog Carnival, this time a whirlwind event of only five days. The theme...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Latin American Women Say ‘No’ to Catcalls
Catcalls [es] have long been considered a way to flirt par excellence; things that men say to women to get their attention and compliment them. But there is an ongoing discussion about whether catcalls...
View Article6.2 Earthquake Hits Nicaragua
A powerful 6,1 earthquake hit Nicaragua on Thursday, April 10, 2014. There were reports [es] of injured people and collapsing of houses as a result of the movement. The epicenter was located at 20...
View ArticleClik here to view.
San Rafael del Norte and Sandino
Jorge Mejía blogs [es] on Mejíaperalta about how Nicarguan government shows no interest for revolutionary leader Augusto César Sandino's historic assets in the town of San Rafael del Norte: Pero...
View ArticleNicaragua and the State of its Information and Communication Technology
When any of our countries is behind in digital development, its citizens have reasons to be worried. This is precisely what is going on with Carlos R. Fonseca M., who comments on his Guión Abajo...
View Article
