Father Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann was a man who spoke truth to power and expected others to do the same.
Regions / Nicaragua
Several countries afflicted by the Zika virus are asking women to delay getting pregnant. Yet local laws — and U.S. foreign aid rules — make it impossible for many to get a safe abortions.
How the CIA, bad trade deals, and wanton military intervention caused the social crises that gave us the Donald. (Really.)
A proposed canal in Nicaragua would rival Panama's as a link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. But indigenous and environmentalist protesters are crying foul.
Warnings about the human and environmental costs of “free trade” went unheeded. Now the most vulnerable Central Americans are paying the price.
Military repression in Honduras is a direct legacy of U.S. meddling in the country.
It’s time for the United States to examine how its own foreign policy promotes genocide, and take the actions necessary to curb it.
A proposed canal in Nicaragua, built by China, is a tangible signal that the United States can't set the terms of the world economy forever.
Attitudes toward democracy are on the decline in Latin America, and U.S. foreign policy isn't helping.
Invading Nicaragua for its transgressions against Costa Rica is a little, uh, premature.