From Nicaraguan revolutionaries to US embassy informants: How Washington recruited ex-Sandinistas like Dora María Téllez and her MRS party

The story of how Nicaragua’s former guerrilla Dora María Téllez and her anti-Sandinista MRS party allied with the right wing and became coup-supporting informants for the US embassy. One of the most high-profile opponents of Nicaragua’s Sandinista government points to her revolutionary youth to justify her position. Left unmentioned by this internationally celebrated figure is not only her abandonment of revolutionary politics long ago, but also the fact that she has become a key asset in the US government’s campaign […]