News Analysis. When people complain that there is no political opposition in Nicaragua, they aren’t overstating the problem. According to a poll published this week by M&R Consultants, 56% of Nicaraguans identify as members of the ruling Sandinista Front and...

The political power-sharing arrangement that has defined Nicaragua’s tropical democracy for the past decade is in need of serious restructuring under new management, according to opposition leader Eduardo Montealegre, who’s volunteering for the job. The 2011 general elections, which relegated...

Remaining true to his word, liberal party bulwark Francisco Aguirre Sacasa resigned today from his leadership job as national secretary of the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). Aguirre, a former lawmaker, foreign minister, ambassador and 2011 vice-presidential candidate, says his reasons...