Inside Nicaragua: Unveiling the Secrets of Ortega's Dictatorship
NPR correspondent Eyder Peralta becomes the first foreign journalist to enter Nicaragua in over a year, providing a rare look into the country's current state. Peralta discovers a nation suffocating in fear under what some consider the newest dictatorship in The Americas, with his own family history repeating. Nicaragua has restricted access for foreign journalists for years, but Peralta entered on his Nicaraguan passport through a rural border post. The article highlights the cycle of hatred, the presence of the Sandinista party despite low public support, and the attacks on the Catholic Church as a symbol of repression.