by Sarah Lewis | Dec 4, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
Nicaragua is a coastal country in Central America founded in 1821 after gaining independence from Spain, then joining the Mexican empire. It became officially independent in 1838. There hasn’t been an...
by Shaili Smith | Oct 23, 2020 | University of Chicago
In 1984, Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) won the presidency after having overthrown the almost ten-year dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. Ortega served one term as president and was surprised to then lose his reelection...
by Hannah Bodegon | May 15, 2018 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
In mid-April, a spate of protests led by students around the cities of Nicaragua, starting in the capital city of Managua, erupted over President Ortega’s social security reform. Such reform essentially will result to the citizens paying more taxes whilst cutting down...
