Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega’s abuses have been widely condemned by international human rights organizations including the OAS and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. One place where they viewed the government’s new downward spiral as “more of the same” was Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast region. Let me explain why.
Read MoreIn addition to the hundreds of dead, the repression from Daniel Ortega’s regime has left innumerable cases of abductions, disappearances and tortures. The testimonies of Ricardo Gutierrez, Xavier Mojica and “Karla” offer clear examples of the scope of the human rights violations and the vulnerability of the entire Nicaraguan population.
Read MoreSix student leaders who have led civic anti-government protests in Nicaragua were arrested today by the police, in the midst of the serious crisis that will be tackled for the first time on Wednesday in the United Nations (UN) Security Council.
Read MoreA song by Cuban pop duo Buena Fe goes: “And that woman with bruises will say she slipped in the wind, I fell in the sea, goes back to the kitchen to hide tears behind onions.” There are updated stats in Cuba about physical and psychological violence not only against women and girls, but also against boys and men, although to a lesser degree.
Read MoreThe political parties that want to remain relevant in the Nicaragua to come – when the Ortega-Murillo family has abandoned power – should understand that the old way of doing politics is dead. Beginning on April 18 in Nicaragua, “there was a very strong explosion, putting an end to that way of conducting politics.”
Read MoreOur morbid society says that our protagonist should have broken down in tears, telling us about the horrible events and obstacles his father and his father’s gay partner have faced, his voice choking with emotion. However, Guido Asenjo Valdes not only exuberates happiness every time he smiles, but is also surprised by the questions that he has never even asked himself.
Read MoreWhen her husband was still alive, they were fortunate and made nearly 200 CUC per month. He used to earn almost 33 CUC as an Electrical Engineer in the public sector, between wages and bonuses. He earned the rest by fixing home appliances on the side.
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 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 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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