Two months after the crisis that has convulsed Nicaragua began, the country continues to be mired in chaos and terror, far from a negotiated solution that will help resolve the worst conflict since the overthrow of dictator Anastasio Somoza in 1979.
Read MoreAna Damaris Mojica feared it would all end badly. But now, her baby is a day old. It doesn’t know that the country is in deep crisis and in the middle of violent confrontations, but it’s already lived through the worst.
Read MoreThe Government of Nicaragua and the Civic Alliance agreed on Friday evening to urge the presence in the country of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and a mission of the European Union (EU) , as well as the OAS secretary general, at the conclusion of a national dialogue session.
Read MoreThere aren’t any cobblestones in this area, but that didn’t stop them from finding materials for defending their community: tree trunks, a piece of a fence, construction leftovers, rocks, some broken television sets… anything can be useful for creating a (false) sense of security; they don’t know if it will be put to the test when night falls.
Read MoreA 24-hour national strike called by the Civic Alliance paralyzed Nicaragua on the eve of the resumption of a dialogue with the government and amid new attacks by police and paramilitary forces against civilian protesters that raised the death toll to more than 160 in a little less than two months.
Read MoreOver 100 barricades were erected to defend the university city, after the first, more local citizens’ strike took place on Tuesday and today, Thursday, June 14th, they joined the national work stoppage.
Read MoreA few hours before the beginning of Thursday’s 24-hour general strike called by the Civic Alliance in Nicaragua, President Daniel Ortega agreed to return to the dialogue table on Friday, announced the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference (CEN) mediators of the process.
Read MoreThe main business chambers of the country called Tuesday for a 24-hour national strike on Thursday, June 14th, as an “extreme measure” to force President Daniel Ortega to respond to the proposal for the democratization of the country presented by the bishops of the Episcopal Conference. They also demand he stop the wave of repression and violence…
Read MoreThe Cuban government said Sunday that it continues to find no evidence of the causes of the alleged attacks on the health of officials at the US embassy in Havana, which has reported new cases.
Read MoreCobblestone barricades rise up in the neighborhoods, while roadblocks of different materials are installed at the entrances to the city. “We are going to close everything until they leave,” referring to Daniel Ortega and his wife/VP Rosario Murillo.
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