Rafa Meza Duriez revisita la Campaña de Alfabetización de Nicaragua a través del legado de su madre para ofrecer un homenaje al amor maternal, la música folclórica latinoamericana y el poder silencioso de la lucha intergeneracional.
She Taught Me Trova, I Learned About the Revolution and Education
Rafa Meza Duriez revisits the Nicaraguan Literacy Campaign through his mother's legacy to offer a tribute to maternal love, Latin American folk music, and the quiet power of intergenerational struggle.
Ortega Uses Somoza’s Manual to Silence Critics
By Carlos Dada This article originally appeared in Spanish in El Faro on December 18, 2018 and was translated to English by Delia Neyra. The Nicaraguan police closes the media company directed by the country’s main journalist, Carlos Fernando Chamorro, in an offensive against the critics of Daniel Ortega’s regime. Exiled from their editorial offices,... Continue Reading →
Susan Meiselas: Berkeley and Beyond
By Lesdi Goussen A postcard from Susan Meiselas' 2018 exhibition at SF MOMA depicting her photograph “Las balas (The bullets)…” (Photo by CLAS staff). On the eve of the inauguration of her retrospective exhibition “Mediations”- currently on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art- Susan Meiselas travelled back to Nicaragua where she took... Continue Reading →
La encrucijada de los grandes empresarios de Nicaragua por Carlos F. Chamorro
Por Carlos F. Chamorro Read this entry in English here. Manifestación ciudadana en pro de un diálogo nacional. (Foto por Jorge Mejía Peralta). Hace exactamente un año, publiqué el ensayo ¿”Modelo Cosep”, o el régimen de Ortega?, analizando las particularidades de la alianza corporativista entre el régimen autoritario de Daniel Ortega y los grandes empresarios. Una... Continue Reading →
Carlos F. Chamorro on the Crossroads of Big Business in Nicaragua
By Carlos F. Chamorro (translated by Julia Byrd) A citizens' demonstration in favor of national dialogue in Nicaragua, May 2018. (Photo by Jorge Mejía Peralta). Exactly one year ago, I published an essay titled, “‘¿Modelo Cosep’, o el régimen de Ortega?” (“The ‘COSEP Model,’ or the Ortega Regime?”), which analyzed the corporatist alliance between the... Continue Reading →
