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Nicaragua: “Turning Off” the Political Prisoners’ Brains

“Venezuela learned the technique from Cuba, Cuba learned it from Russia, and Nicaragua is now copying Cuba and Venezuela.”

They committed themselves to pay, but never did, and instead attacked and censored the newspaper which they now confiscated.

The authorities have not revealed the rice production of 2022, but advanced that it was below the modest goal.

The difficult access hampers a security response. It also hampers the reporting of mining activities and subsequent safety measures.

Professor Fernández Batista: “one can not live only from the past… it is necessary to seek a future “of success and prosperity.”

No authority has dared to publicly accuse Army generals of being complicit in coup attempts, the last of which took place on January 8th.

Cuban graphic artists can be forced to leave the island to avoid years in prison, but from abroad they can’t be silenced despite the threats

“There’ve never been any easy solutions for our people (…) it’s not the first time we’ve been defeated”, Nelly Hueichan, 64, told IPS

The government is compelled to ensure a decent wage, job security, hygiene, and safety, but MITRAB and unions look the other way.

The first time I went up to him was to ask if it was true that he was a millionaire, he told me that he had spent his entire life working.