John Perry is a writer based in Masaya, Nicaragua whose work has appeared in the Nation, the London Review of Books, and many other publications.

John Perry

US corporate media portrays violent Nicaraguan coup plotter as ‘political prisoner’

John Perry and Becca Renk Foster·October 14, 2026

US media and the human rights industry are portraying Jeffrey Jarquin as a heroic freedom fighter tortured and...

Nicaragua banned US-sponsored coup leaders from elections, sparking corporate media meltdown

John Perry·July 29, 2026

In his national address on July 19, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega stated that when the country’s next elections...

Meet the DC think tanks impoverishing masses of Latin Americans

John Perry·April 6, 2025

These top Washington think tanks are lobbying lawmakers for sadistic sanctions on some of the hemisphere’s poorest countries...

Informe ‘sesgado’ de la ONU ignora a las víctimas Nicaragüenses de la oposición apoyada por EEUU

John Perry·March 7, 2025

Un nuevo informe de la ONU se basa en un agente financiado por el gobierno estadounidense, Félix Maradiaga,...

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‘Biased’ UN report on Nicaragua ignores victims of US-backed opposition violence

John Perry·March 5, 2025

A new UN report relies on a US government-funded operative, Felix Maradiaga, who helped instigate the violent 2018...

Expresidente del BCIE: EE.UU. sabía del complot para destituirme por préstamos a Nicaragua

John Perry·January 23, 2025

El gobierno de EE.UU. estaba al tanto de una campaña para destituir a un alto banquero de desarrollo...

Development banker says US knew of plot to oust him over Nicaragua loans

John Perry·January 22, 2025

The US government was aware of a campaign to remove a top development banker from power to stop...

Nicaragua rebuilds – five years after US-funded terror was defeated

John Perry·June 15, 2023

Five years after the violent coup attempt in Nicaragua, the country is celebrating its recovery – peace has...

US sanctions and economic conditions drive Nicaraguan migration, while Washington blames repression

John Perry·November 28, 2022

Blaming migration on “repressive dictatorships” allows Washington to pretend that its policies are helping Nicaraguans, when in fact...

Media fuels economic war on Nicaragua with false ‘conflict beef’ story

John Perry·December 10, 2020

Liberal media outlets are aiding a US economic war on Nicaragua’s Sandinista government, calling for a boycott of...

While Nicaragua returns to peace, media and international NGOs conjure epidemic of violence with dubious reporting

John Perry·February 19, 2020

Media bias against Nicaragua’s Sandinista government is unremitting, and international NGOs are feeding it by misreporting a violent...

Counting deaths for dollars: The rise and fall of Nicaragua’s ‘human rights’ organizations

John Perry·August 25, 2019

In their hunger for US funding, Nicaraguan opposition “human rights” NGOs inflated the death toll during the 2018...

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British chemical warfare commentator’s MI6 ties exposed in leaked emails

Exclusive: British state targets Palestine Action with yet another crooked trial

MI5 sought to recruit BBC leader as broadcaster investigated spy agency, leaks reveal

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Cómo Israel y el FBI manipularon planes de asesinato para llevar a Trump a la guerra con Irán

EEUU tiene imputación secreta contra Delcy Rodrígez, según periodista opositora

Detrás de la denuncia politizada de Washington contra Maduro: una “red” creada por la CIA y un testigo coaccionado