Porfirio’s Perfect Moustache
Cinco de Mayo is upon us again. A pretext for a day off, a pretext for a day of drinking. A day of national pride, remembering a battle won within […]
Tag Archives: The Dictator
Daniel Ortega vs. Daniel Ortega
At the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad in 2009, much of the talk was of what the various heads of state would make of the new kid on the […]
¡Nicaragua Guácala!
Nicaragua is about as guácala as it gets. The Sandinista revolution of the 70s, the Contra revolution of the 80s, the Managua earthquake in the 70s, Hurricane Mitch in the […]
Nicaragua Journal #5 (Ometepe, mythology and marketing)
Nicaragua monikers itself as the land of lakes and volcanoes, and while it has plenty of both, it is the lakes-and-volcanoes combo of Isla Ometepe which is at the heart […]
Nicaragua Journal #2 (León, remembering and forgetting)
León was at the very top of my list for Nicaragua. For as long as Nicaragua had been calling to me, León had also been calling. When the conquistadors laid […]
