Nicaragua

Read more about A Cry for Electoral Reform in Nicaragua

Indigenous Miskitu leader Brooklyn Rivera seeks to change electoral processes in Nicaragua’s North and South Caribbean Coast Autonomous Regions (the RACCN and RACCS). Rivera is submitting recommendations to the Organization of American States (OAS), as part of a follow-up report on Nicaragua’s recent municipal elections that occurred on November 5, 2017.

Read more about Sandinistas Slaughter Indigenous Yatama Party in Nicaraguan Elections

The Sandinistas symbolically massacred the Indigenous Miskitu people along the Caribbean Coast in the Nicaraguan municipal elections. The Nicaraguan state first conquered and incorporated the Caribbean Coast in 1894. Local intellectuals claim the recent elections on November 5, 2017 represent the Nicaraguan state’s final conquest and domination of the Miskitu people and their resource-rich, rainforest homeland along the Caribbean Coast.

Read more about No callarán nuestras voces: Indígenas triunfan en las elecciones generales de Nicaragua – Posicionamiento de Brooklyn Rivera

Introducción por Laura Hobson Herlihy y traducción de la introducción por Sasha Marley

A finales del 2016, un partido político minoritario de denominación indígena, YATAMA, por sus siglas en la lengua miskitu (Yapti Tasba Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka/Hijos de la Madre Tierra), logró un triunfo importante en las elecciones generales de Nicaragua, confrontando de forma eficaz al estado totalitario del régimen sandinista.

Read more about We will not be silenced: Indigenous Peoples Triumph in Nicaraguan Elections-- A Statement by Brooklyn Rivera

At the end of 2016, a small Indigenous political party, Yatama (Yapta Tasbi Masraka Nanih Aslatakanka/Sons of Mother Earth), achieved a victory in the Nicaraguan general elections and effectively confronted the dictatorial Sandinista state.

Read more about 3ra Reelección de Daniel Ortega: Pueblos Indígenas en Nicaragua Exigen Ser Escuchados

A tan sólo unos días de que Daniel Ortega vuelva a coronarse Presidente de Nicaragua por tercera vez consecutiva, y esta vez acompañado nada más y nada menos que de su esposa, Rosario Murillo como vicepresidenta, y de quien se piensa y se dice es la que lleva las riendas del poder.

Read more about Ortega Re-elected for Third Term: Indigenous Peoples in Nicaragua Demand Respect for International Indigenous Rights

Daniel Ortega will continue in his third consecutive term as President of Nicaragua after being reelected on November 6, 2016, this time accompanied by his wife, Rosario Murillo, as his Vice-President.

Read more about Miskitu People Under Siege in Nicaragua

By Laura Hobson Herlihy

The Miskitu people (pop. 185,000) live in Muskitia, a rainforest region that stretches along the Central American Caribbean coast from Black River, Honduras to just south of Bluefields, Nicaragua. Two-thirds of Muskitia and the Miskitu people reside in Nicaragua. The Miskitu people in Nicaragua today are in a crisis situation. Armed mestizo colonists are attacking their communities, pillaging and confiscating their rainforest lands. This article is a cry for help.