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Forbidden to Forget: Song for Justice for Ortega’s Victims

“It is a song that seeks to inspire Nicaraguans to continue the struggle for freedom,” explains Carla Mendoza, author of the song’s lyrics.

Loreto Hernandez & his wife, Donaida Perez, were arrested on July 15, 2021 after taking part in the July 11 protests in Placetas, Villa Clara

Lawyers for the reporter launched a campaign for personalities to attest to the risks involved in practicing journalism in Nicaragua.

Zé Pequeno cried when he learned the heirloom seeds he had inherited from his father were contaminated by the transgenic corn his neighbor…

Young people used to make their lives here. The guitars, the jovial and peaceful atmosphere was always present in this town south of Havana.

On Feb. 24, 2022, a drone sent by Moscow was shot down by the Ukrainian Air Force and fell 230 feet from his house: the war had just begun.

Testimonies of two Nicaraguan journalists who fled the persecution by the Ortega regime and now survive in exile.

“It’s an accumulation of lies that amounts to character assassination,” said Gorriti in an interview last month in his cramped office in Lima

They have been bombarded with salsa and cooking classes, catamaran trips in Varadero, rides on brightly colored vintage US cars and…

The prison has not only changed those detained on that historic day of July 11, 2021 and those that followed, but also their loved ones.