Among the 767 political prisoners of the dictatorship, more than 30 are university students who in April 2018 left the classrooms to take to the streets, in protests against the arbitrary acts of the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
Read MoreOn February 18, protests against the regime of Daniel Ortega entered their tenth month. We spoke with four Nicaraguan photographers 30 and under who hit the streets on their own with their cameras. This is what they told us.
Read More“We’re in a very difficult situation. There is militarization at a regional level, and gender-based violence. We are at risk, we cannot silence that,” Aura Lolita Chávez, an indigenous woman from Guatemala, complained at a meeting of human rights defenders from Latin America held in the Mexican capital.
Read MoreSo much unanimity at the National Assembly and this slow routine, this paralysis in the way people work, has made Cuba a dense thing that nobody knows where it is heading and yet, is so predictable that the president publicly predicts that the YES vote will land a victory in the constitutional referendum on Sunday, February 24th.
Read MoreVenezuela’s defence minister on Tuesday stressed the army’s loyalty to President Nicolas Maduro, saying it was on “alert” against any border violations, while Maduro’s challenger, Juan Guaido, stepped up pressure on the military to allow deliveries of humanitarian aid.
Read MoreNicaraguan business leaders Roberto Zamora, Carlos Pellas, Ramiro Ortiz, Juan B. Sacasa and Jose Antonio Baltodano, all representatives of “big capital”, met with dictator Daniel Ortega on Saturday, February 16th. Their reported objective was “opening the doors to resuming negotiations between the government and the Civic Alliance,
Read MoreA tall, thin man with a resonant voice walks through a room full of Ministry of Education (Mined) employees. He speaks in a menacing tone, and warns those present that no one should be “sabotaging the projects” of the government presided over by Daniel Ortega and his wife and vice president Rosario Murillo.
Read MoreLike an octopus, metals mining has been spreading its tentacles throughout Central America and dealing a blow to the region’s agriculture and natural ecosystems, according to affected villagers, activists and a new report on the problem.
Read MoreGeneral feedback after an event that was interrupted by cold February rain and winds suggest that our publishing houses are still present, but their real offers, for any user present at retail points, is a lot less than what is predicted for a country where the State exercises a powerful monopoly on published books.
Read MoreThe international food and medical aid awaiting entry into Venezuela from neighboring Colombia, Brazil and Curacao is at the crux of the struggle for power between President Nicolás Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaidó, recognized as “legitimate president” by 50 governments.
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