The Government of Daniel Ortega invited the Organization of American States (OAS) on Saturday to participate in the negotiations established with the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, which are at an impasse, after the bishops of the Episcopal Conference rejected to take part as witnesses or companions of the process.
Read MoreThe US Treasury Department on Monday sanctioned a Moscow-based bank owned jointly by Russian and Venezuelan state companies in a bid to step up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s embattled regime.
Read MoreThe Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy said on Sunday that it will resume its assistance at the Negotiating Table once the Government of Nicaragua offers the country convincing signs to find integral solutions to the crisis that the country is experiencing and that contribute to an environment of peace.
Read MoreVenezuela has been suffering an almost total Internet outage during the last three days, a reflection of how serious the power outage is that began Thursday night and continues, despite a minor restoration that keeps suffering setbacks.
Read More“For more than 12 hours the political prisoners carried out a protest from the building of gallery 16 to the maximum-security cells, demanding freedom. Today we have seen these young men break the security of this dictatorial regime,” says the political prisoner, Yubrank Suazo, in a video that went viral on social networks.“For more than 12 hours the political prisoners carried out a protest from the building of gallery 16 to the maximum-security cells, demanding freedom. Today we have seen these young men break the security of this dictatorial regime,” says the political prisoner, Yubrank Suazo, in a video that went viral on social networks.
Read MoreReaching consensus on international guarantors has become a new obstacle at the negotiating table between the regime of Daniel Ortega and the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, with which they seek to overcome the crisis that broke out last April and has left hundreds dead and detained, according to the Crisis Group.
Read MoreFor weeks now, Juan Guaido has fought a fierce battle for power with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro; now the self-proclaimed interim president wants to increase the pressure with major demonstrations all over the country.
Read MoreOn the eve of March 8th, International Women’s Day, we had some good news: Alas Tensas, a Cuban feminist magazine, has launched its website. Cuba needs independent journalism. And, it still needs to make headway in terms of how it handles gender.
Read MoreThe Nicaraguan Bishops’ Conference (CEN) announced that they will not be “physically present” in the negotiations between the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy and the regime of Daniel Ortega, in a letter revealed on Friday afternoon. The bishops met today to consider an invitation, extended to the CEN earlier in the week by the negotiation table.
Read MoreEl Salvador’s Supreme Court has ordered the release of three women imprisoned for around a decade under the country’s anti-abortion laws, which are among the harshest in the world. The women were among dozens who have been sentenced to up to 30 years for abortion-related crimes, reported Democracy Now on Friday.
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