Dora María Téllez, the legendary ex-Sandinista commander key to the downfall of Somoza, survived 606 days in solitary confinement by the Ortega dictatorship. In this interview, Téllez examines the current stage of the regime and opposition efforts to chart a roadmap for the recovery of Nicaraguan democracy: “There has to be justice in Nicaragua, otherwise we will have learned nothing. We would be unable to reach the most important bounds of this crisis.”

The national strike convened by Indigenous leaders in Guatemala to demand the resignation of the attorney general has caught student movements from the historic San Carlos University mired in disagreements and criminalized by their own university. Even so, a handful of students and alumni joined the blockades on Friday in the capital as thousands showcased the diversity of support for the protests, which turned one week old on Monday.