Sergio Ramírez is a Nicaraguan writer. He was vice-president of the country from 1984-90 during the period of the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government. In 1995 he broke from the FSLN to form the Movimiento de Renovación Sandinista (MRS). His many books include El reino animal (Alfaguara, 2006); Adiós muchachos (Alfaguara, 2007); Cuando todos hablamos (Alfaguara, 2008); and El cielo llora por mí (Alfaguara, 2009) 

Sergio Ramírez was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1993, and was awarded the Medalla Presidencial by the Chilean government to mark the centenary of Pablo Neruda’s birth in 2004. In 2005 he was a member of the jury granting the Lettre Ulysses award for the art of reportage. His website is here

Recent articles

What remains of the Sandinista revolution, thirty years after the triumphant entry into Managua that inspired a generation? The effort of the president, Daniel Ortega, to perpetuate his rule is just one signal of a long journey in which achievement and defeat mingle. An anniversary assesssment from Nicaragua’s former vice-president, Sergio Ramírez.

(This article was first published on 5 August 2009)

The Daniel Ortega regime's asphyxiation of the original Sandinista project is exemplified by its appropriation of the music of Nicaragua's revolutionary past as well as its politicised control of state institutions, says the country's former foreign minister Sergio Ramírez.

(This article was first published on 1 September 2008)

Daniel Ortega's return to power is proving to be the embrace of a regressive utopia behind which stands the caudillo's shadow, says Sergio Ramírez.

Nicaraguans have lived with their new president for three decades but still do not know where he will lead them, says former Sandinista vice-president Sergio Ramírez.

An electoral pact between presidential candidates Daniel Ortega and Arnoldo Alemán puts Nicaragua's democracy itself at stake, says the country's former vice-president Sergio Ramírez.