In her farewell speech, the now former US Ambassador in Nicaragua, Laura Dogu, warned of the risk for the reputation of companies due to the political crisis, caused by Ortega’s massacre against citizens’ protests. “In today’s global economy, companies cannot afford to take on reputational risks. I have already seen campaigns in the United States asking companies why they are buying products from Nicaragua,” she said.
Read MoreSince Daniel Ortega unleashed a brutal repression against the demonstrations demanding the end of his term, after eleven years of authoritarian rule, more than 30,000 Nicaraguans have fled to Costa Rica, confirmed immigration authorities in that neighboring country.
Read MoreEven though an easy to obtain tourism card (for Cubans who travel to Panama mainly to buy merchandise) is a meek and limited “experiment”, it is still interesting within the national economy’s devastated landscape. The Panamanian Government has opened up a door with this initiative to help Cuban entrepreneurs and their businesses.
Read MoreMax Cruz Gutierrez was the victim of six bullets on October 8th. “The riot police and the paramilitaries shot him in his house”, in front of his wife Marvis Salazar and his two children. “They did it because he was one of the organizers of the protest marches on Ometepe Island”, said one of the victim’s relatives.
Read MoreA lot of people cried the day they arrested Byron Estrada in Leon. The radio stations were deluged with calls. Hundreds of people protested outside the police station, burning tires and shouting slogans. Fearing that the people might barricade the city once again, the paramilitary forces surrounded the area.
Read More“The order of the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Postal Services (TELCOR) to broadcast the programming of the government’s Channel 6 on Channel 15, a relay channel of 100% Noticias, has the purpose to besiege and violate freedom of the press,” asserted Miguel Mora, Director of this news outlet, who denounced through social networks the directive of this regulatory entity.
Read More“It all started off as a game,” young Fermin Olivero Barcena told me the day I met him, in early July. I must admit that when I climbed the hills to see his personal cultural project, I didn’t have a lot of faith. People were telling me about an Indian who was living in a cave and I imagined someone who had lost half their mind, looking for an escape. But, that wasn’t the case. (23 photos)
Read MoreFaced with the lack of transparency and independence in the Nicaraguan justice system, the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (IGIE) urged Daniel Ortega’s government to establish a Special Prosecutor’s office. Such an office would be charged with investigating the acts of violence that have occurred since last April…
Read MoreIf you have ever traveled by plane, you know the advice they offer before taking off — in case of an emergency, put your oxygen mask on first and then help someone else. That is what we must do in today’s Nicaragua, which six months ago began the task of overthrowing Daniel Ortega.
Read MoreDaniel Ortega’s regime purchased espionage and intelligence programs from private Israeli technological companies, which according to an Israeli journalistic investigation have been used in several countries, including Nicaragua, to “find and detain human rights activists, persecute members of the LGBT community and silence citizens who criticize their government.”
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