More than ten million córdobas was allegedly allocated by the Matagalpa Mayor’s Office to “improve” the facilities of the Matagalpa Social Club, now converted into the “Casa de los Indios Flecheros.”
Through its propaganda media, the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo announced that the place will be inaugurated on April 30, 2026, on the 14th anniversary of the death of the Matagalpino Tomás Borge Martínez, one of the “commanders” of the 1979 revolution, whom they present as “worthy heir of the nobility of the Matagalpas Indians.”
For the event, they announced gastronomy, textile, clothing and craft fairs, as well as photography exhibitions, barista and coffee tasting demonstrations, recreational activities for children, catwalks with huipil costumes and traditional music and dance festivals such as polkas, mazurkas and jamaquellos.
What will the “House of the Flecheros Indians” be used for?
The official propaganda did not clarify what the permanent use of the property will be or how it will function beyond the inauguration.
He also did not explain what link the project will have with the Matagalpa Indigenous Peoplewhose name he uses, despite the fact that historians highlight the rebellion of that people against domination, with episodes such as the Indian War of 1881 and the participation of flecheros in the Battle of San Jacinto in 1856.
According to official propaganda, the Mayor’s Office led by Sadrach Zeledón Rocha – included by the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua among 54 officials identified as operators of state repression since 2018 – would have invested 10 million 261 thousand 898 córdobas in the construction of the main façade and roofs on entrances and terraces, as well as in repairs to electrical, drinking water and sanitary systems.
The conditions of the confiscated Matagalpa Social Club
However, those services that the regime now announces were already functional when the The Attorney General’s Office and the Police took the building by forcerecalled the former president of the Matagalpa Social Club, Crisanto Solís.
The official reports also mention interventions in auditoriums, lounges, lobby, cafeteria, kitchen, restaurant and warehouses, in addition to equipment with furniture.
The regime announces a second stage that would include the installation of an elevator, the construction of a perimeter wall, the rehabilitation of swimming pools and a ranch for fairs and exhibitions.
However, Solís maintains that “the elevator was clear… unless they are going to change it for a new one.”
The swimming pools were also kept in good condition, as the club offered swimming lessons.
The Matagalpa Social Club functioned for decades as one of the main meeting spaces in the city.
Its members organized social activities, cultural events and charity events.
The place also hosted graduation parties from emblematic schools and was the headquarters of the traditional Huipil Dance.
Shareholders and partners affected by the confiscation
More than a hundred shareholders and dozens of concurrent partners were affected by the confiscation, the second undertaken by the Sandinistas.
The first regime of Daniel Ortega confiscated that same building in the 1980s and used it as the headquarters of the then Ministry of Agricultural Development and Agrarian Reform.
“I deeply regret that the Sandinista dictatorship continues to leave a negative legacy in the history of the Pearl of the North. What they present today as an ‘inauguration’ is nothing more than the result of a second confiscation, a practice that shows their inability to build and their constant tendency to expropriate what belongs to others and then attribute merits that do not belong to them,” considered Solís.
He added that “this regime has been characterized by taking advantage of the efforts of hard-working citizens, while promoting a failed revolution whose true legacy has been mourning, confiscations, international isolation, the indoctrination of new generations and the deterioration of the social fabric. I remember the words of former president (Enrique) Bolaños, who expressed his wish that one day they would become civilized. Unfortunately, reality shows the opposite: they continue to act based on their own interests, using power, while the people are barely allowed to crumbs.”
*This article was originally published on Mosaico CSI, with the title: Matagalpa Social Club will now be “Casa de los Indios Flecheros””.
