“There are two paths: confrontation which will destroy the country; or return to dialogue, dissolve the paramilitaries, cease persecution and free political prisoners,” former FSLN National Directorate member Jaime Wheelock told Confidencial.
Read MoreMaintaining this current situation is very expensive, inefficiency becomes eternal, statistics are distorted, there are no incentives for foreign investment. The dilemma lies between the foolproof benefits in the medium/long term and the immediate shock to the economy once it is implemented, which might even make it collapse.
Read MoreThree moments since April 18 have strongly marked Silvio Jose Baez, the auxiliary bishop of Managua and one of Nicaragua’s most respected priests. One of those moments was the murder of the first young man by the National Police near the Polytechnic University (Upoli). He cried as he watched the news that day…
Read MoreDaniel Ortega’s loss of credibility with the US government has grown in recent years, and, after the brutal repression since April, Arturo Cruz, a former ambassador of Nicaragua to the United States, sees it unlikely that there will be an understanding between Ortega and president Trump, as the Nicaraguan president has suggested in his interviews with the international press.
Read MoreYerling Aguilera, Jessica Cisneros and Madelaine Caracas have been traveling across Europe for over two months, denouncing the government of Daniel Ortega, whose repression has left a toll of at least 300 dead in Nicaragua according to human rights organizations. The three young women want to “inform” fellow Nicaraguans living abroad and are also holding meetings with leftist politicians.
Read MoreThe rustic wooden cross enters in a silent procession, in the hands of the altar boy. Excited, people hold their breath and then break into applause. Some cry when they see the priest’s silhouette. He’s back. “This applause is for Christ and for Nicaragua,” says Father Edwin Roman from the altar of the humble San Miguel church in Masaya.
Read MoreNicaraguan President Daniel Ortega today blamed the United States for the crisis his country has been facing since last April and reiterated that he will not abandon power or hold early elections as the opposition demands.
Read MoreErnest Carralero Burgos is one of those young Cubans who had to grow up without one or both of his parents because they left for many years to work on an international mission or because they emigrated looking for an alternative way to support their families.
Read MoreHe is 20 years old and he would love to finish his journalism degree in Argentina. Then, he would like to be a war correspondent. But not in his native Nicaragua, which he dreams of being “free and in peace”, safe from the unstoppable wave of violence that has been spilling its blood for over three months now.
Read MoreThe goal of the interview that comandante Daniel Ortega granted to “Fox News” was to “get the attention of president Donald Trump”, but Ortega didn’t succeed. This was the opinion of Alejandro Bendana, historian and specialist in International Law.
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