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About Sergio Ramírez

Sergio Ramírez is a Nicaraguan writer. He was vice-president of the country from 1984-90 during the period of Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) government. In 1995 he broke with 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, and in 2008 was president of the jury granting the XI Premia Alfaguara de Novela. His website is here

Articles by Sergio Ramírez

Monday 21st November

Nicaragua's secret election

Sergio Ramírez, 21 November 2011
The official results in Nicaragua's election on 6 November 2011 found that Daniel Ortega was re-elected president by a clear margin. But the procedures surrounding the vote leave Sergio Ramírez in no doubt that a great fraud - and a great farce - was perpetrated.
Monday 13th September

Nicaragua’s broken polity

Sergio Ramírez, 13 September 2010
Nicaragua's struggle against dictatorship three decades ago inspired the world. The small central American country once more needs wider attention, says its former vice-president Sergio Ramírez.
Friday 14th August

Nicaragua: between revolution and democracy

Sergio Ramírez, 14 August 2009
The Sandinista revolution is thirty years old. An anniversary assessment from the former vice-president
Monday 20th July

Nicaragua: heartbeat of protest

Sergio Ramírez, 20 July 2009

Thirty years ago today, the Sandinistas assumed power. The Ortega regime is asphyxiating their original project

Monday 3rd September

Nicaragua: through the abyss

Sergio Ramírez, 3 September 2007
Daniel Ortega's return to power is proving to be the embrace of a regressive utopia
Tuesday 7th November

Daniel Ortega's second coming

Sergio Ramírez, 7 November 2006
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.
Tuesday 10th October

Don't forget Nicaragua

Sergio Ramírez, 10 October 2006
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.
Monday 3rd July

After Herty Lewites: a crossroads for Nicaragua

Sergio Ramírez, 3 July 2006
The sudden death of dissident Sandinista leader and presidential candidate Herty Lewites faces Nicaraguan voters with a fateful choice, says former vice-president Sergio Ramírez.
Friday 18th November

Nicaragua's hijacked democracy

Sergio Ramírez, 18 November 2005
A cynical pact between former presidents of left and right is holding Nicaragua's chances of political progress to ransom, says the country's former vice-president, Sergio Ramirez. 
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