“Miskito people seem easy to learn other people’s languages,” he says. In fact, English is his No. 1 language these days. “I know I’m not talking perfect, but I’m thinking in English.

Broadcasting in Miskito, Spanish, English and the lesser-used Indian language of Sumo, the station is the creation of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

At night, after work, Morris Vidaurre reads the Bible, one word at a time, translating it into the language of his people. Few in the United States would be able to read his work. Vidaurre is a Mis… ...

As the truck approached this village of weatherbeaten huts built on stilts sinking into the mud, a young Miskito Indian ”warrior,” cartridge-belts crisscrossed on his chest and an M-60 machine ...

With the arrival of European colonizers and African slaves brought from nearby Caribbean islands, the Miskito underwent a miscegenation process. They were able, however, to keep their native language.

That was all the evidence the villagers needed to organize a lynch mob and put an end to the madness. Grisi siknis – or “crazy sickness,” in the Miskito language – is a powerful and puzzling ...

Last April 29, Nicaraguan Miskito Indigenous leader Carlos Hendy Thomas addressed the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, accusing the Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega ...

The radio station reaches 115 Miskito villages and helps tackle social taboos and gender-based violence, says U.N. Women, which backs the project run by indigenous rights group Wangki Tangni.