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Nicaragua: Ortega Seeks to Consolidate Absolute Control

“Its a strategy of international isolation that reinforces internal control, which intensified after the crackdown on 2018 protests.”

International organizations have raised alarms over what they describe as the systematic use of the justice system to silence critics.

“We deem the risk of silence and the risk of inaction to be so much more deadly than this mission,” says Greta Thunberg.

Journalist Alma Guillermoprieto believes that there was “some process of mental degeneration” behind the authoritarian drift in Nicaragua.

Columbia University student and Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi recounts the traumatic experience of his arrest and incarceration.

“I always say that my country is so small it’s portable; I carry it with me, and no one can take it away from me,” the author stated.

Congressmember Bonnie Watson Coleman is one of 3 Democratic lawmakers threatened with arrest for inspecting a newly reopened private ICE jail

One of the Authors of the Grammy Winning Cuban Protest Anthem ‘Homeland and Life’: “My life would be in danger in Cuba.”

A frank and wise account of over 40 years of reporting from Latin America by one of its most seasoned journalists.

As the Trump administration goes after universities, law firms and more, some argue that the free press will eventually become a target.