I’m writing this with immense sorrow in my heart, from a distance and an emotional place beyond consolation. The grief has grown larger, uncontrollable, and today I can’t go on: I must let it out. Yaritza, Victoria, Levy, Luis, Byron, Nahiroby and Juan were abducted on Saturday, August 25, while participating in a citizens’ demonstration in Leon, Nicaragua.
Read MoreCarlos Brenes, a retired colonel of the Sandinista Popular Army (EPS), was arrested by officers of the institution once under his command. Soldiers of the Nicaraguan Army detained him at the southern border of Peñas Blancas on Wednesday when he was travelling to Costa Rica, and then turned him over to the National Police.
Read MoreToday, I want to tell you about something curious, which is happening in the City of Central Havana, on Belascoain street near the Malecon seawall. Its a community art and antiques project, that also has iron bars that are salvaged from collapsed buildings, slabs and tiles to name a few of the objects on display. (23 photos)
Read MoreThe government of Daniel Ortega expelled today the mission of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights) that was in the country to verify the situation of human rights, diplomatic sources reported.
Read MoreSome twenty persons imprisoned for participating in protests against the Government of Nicaragua announced Thursday an indefinite hunger strike, while almost a thousand protesters again took to the streets of Managua to demand “justice” and “freedom for the hundreds of political prisoners.”
Read MoreWashing the feet of Venezuelans who have walked for days on end, applying cream and ointments to help heal open wounds, giving a plate of food and a new pair of shoes is a group of missionaries’ work in Bogota, Colombia.
Read MoreThe final report to date of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will be brought before the UN Security Council on September 5th. It details the use of “lethal force” on the part of Daniel Ortega’s government and the paramilitary groups, directed against the “non-lethal threats” of the Nicaraguans who rose in protest.
Read MoreA student group in Nicaragua, which forms part of the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, called upon the country’s private sector today to immediately call for a general strike, as well as accusing them of being “accomplices” of Daniel Ortega’s Government.”
Read MorePresident Daniel Ortega announced Wednesday that he would ask the Costa Rican government for a list of Nicaraguans requesting asylum in the neighboring country. He stated the objective is to “inform” the Costa Rican authorities which citizens have criminal accusations pending in Nicaragua.
Read More“I’ve been working here for over 30 years and not a day has passed, practically, that someone doesn’t come to pray to la Milagrosa,” Antonio says, an employee at the Colon Cemetery in Havana. “Can you see all these small plaques? There are dozens, hundreds of them.”
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