(2023-06-18). Masaya in Flames — Five Years Afterwards. orinocotribune.com 
By John Perry — Jun 15, 2023 | During the attempted coup in Nicaragua in 2018, Masaya was one of the cities most affected by the violence and by the widespread use of roadblocks to control the streets, many manned by armed youths. The violence began on April 18 and lasted until July 17, when police and Sandinista volunteers moved in to clear the roadblocks. Overall, in Masaya some 36 people died during the coup attempt, including three police officers (and two more were trapped and murdered after the coup attempt ended). Randall, the subject of this article, lives in Monimbó, the neighborhood or "barrio" whe…
(2023-06-17). Nicaragua Rebuilds: Five Years After US-Funded Terror Was Defeated. popularresistance.org Masaya, Nicaragua — The story begins a month before the incident I'm about to describe. I live in the city, and I'd written in my diary that "Saturday, May 12th must be counted as the worst day in Masaya since the earthquake in 2000." | During the previous night, opposition vandals had destroyed the house of the former deputy mayor, then went on to set fire to the town hall, an old colonial building that also housed Masaya's Museum of the Heroes and Martyrs of the Revolution. Opposition roadblocks which had sprung up in Masaya's streets in April had been cleared in early May, often by local people, but they…
(2023-06-17). El Salvador week with Central American games and twisted politics. plenglish.com San Salvador, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The week that ends today in El Salvador was colored by the final offensive to guarantee the 24th Central American and Caribbean Games, and the crooked policies that cast a shadow over the 2024 presidential elections.