History Repeats Itself on Nicaragua’s Caribbean Coast
The Nicaraguan Sandinista (FSLN) government of Daniel Ortega and the indigenous Miskitu people are repeating their own history. Resembling the Cold War era of the 1980s, violence is playing out again...
View ArticleUndeterred by Sandinista Military Siege, Indigenous Yatama Party Forges Ahead...
Since the elections on Sunday Nov. 5, Yatama has lost far more than the municipalities of Waspam, Bilwi, Prinzapolka, and Awaltara. At least four people have been killed, dozens have been injured, and...
View ArticleIndigenous and Afro-Descendant Peoples in Nicaragua’s Civic Revolution
The Nicaraguan revolt to oust President Daniel Ortega from office began over two and a half months ago. University students initiated the “civic revolution,” called the April 19th Movement, but...
View ArticleIndigenous Peoples in the age of COVID-19
Coronavirus now has spread throughout the Indigenous Americas. The Navajo nation reported over 1,600 cases of COVID-19 and 59 deaths on the largest US reservation, which expands through Arizona, New...
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