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Issues around Nicaragua and its Detoured Revolution

I was asked by the Real News network to talk about Nicaragua, a country very dear to me, as Cuba, the founding reason for Havana Times.

“I think the isolation is growing. It seems to me that the Ortega and Murillo regime cannot hide behind a supposed ideological adherence”

Saily was one of the signees of the request to hold a peaceful protest for change, an initiative denied authorization by the Government.

The Ortega regime committed crimes against humanity during the 2018 anti-government demonstrations, but still has its supporters.

Four young Nicaraguans say they don’t identify with any political party, and reject the age-old practice of pacts and strongman figures.

Kevin Casas, General Secretary of the organization International IDEA, warns of limits of international pressure on the Nicaraguan rulers.

“There has to be consequences and Latin America must rise to this challenge,” stresses Zovatto in an interview on the Esta Noche program.

When the Sandinista revolution overthrew the Somoza dictatorship in 1979, Sergio Ramirez was one of its most prominent leaders. Today…

Castellon left Nicaragua when Ortega zealots warned him that his name was on a list of the people who were going to be arrested soon.

“Everything an electoral process needs, in terms of freedom, pluralism, equal opportunity, has been swept away by the government…”