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Shoemakers Suffer in Silence the Pandemic’s Impact

Shoemakers Suffer in Silence the Pandemic’s Impact. Over 300 local shoemaking workshops have disappeared in Masaya.

Authoritarian presidents are seizing the opportunity provided by Covid-19 to go on the offense against the independent media.

A Cuban soap ppera fuels abortion debate. Anti-abortion posts triggered by a fictional story on TV are stirring up controversy on social media

Nicaraguan refugees in Costa Rica are suffering double the health crisis. Many beg for donations to pay rent. Some eat only one meal a day.

Panamanian investor buys 25% interest in the BDF bank from IPSM, the Nicaraguan Army’s retirement fund, after detecting “risk”.

Music Collective ‘Megative’ Dubs Out the Negative. A remake of The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum from this Brooklyn based band.

The Nicaraguan Scientist who Mapped the Human Heart is Dr. Carlos Talavera-Lopez from the Matagalpa neighborhood of Yaguare.

Nicaragua’s Workers that Cannot Stay at Home. A supermarket cashier, a gravedigger, a pharmacy manager and a bus driver…

Although the right to seek asylum is recognized nearly universally, governments across the globe are increasingly declaring, “Not Here!”.

A tragic story about two brothers rotting in prison for protesting against the Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega and Roario Murillo.