“Here we have Daniel Ortega’s response.” You can hear it. It resounds on every corner. “Bang. Bang. Bang.” They are dry and continuous shots, from AK-47s. Rifles. East of Managua, The Maria la Auxiliadora neighborhood on the east side of Managua has been attacked without mercy.
Read MoreAmerican Airlines has suspended flights between the cities of Managua and Miami for security reasons due to the serious crisis that is shaking Nicaragua, the company said in a statement today.
Read MoreRoadblocks multiplied over the weekend in Nicaragua’s capital after the opposition called upon the population to organize and defend themselves against the Government in their peaceful nationwide protest.
Read MoreAfter their apparent falling out with the Nicaraguan Catholic bishops trying to mediate a now suspended national dialogue between a student led Civic Alliance and the government, president Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo have brought in an evangelical preacher from Puerto Rico to help their cause to remain in power.
Read MoreAfter 52 days entrenched in the facilities of the Polytechnic University of Nicaragua (UPOLI), turned into a bastion of the university resistance, the Student April 19th Movement decided to abandon the campus today, due to the “large number of infiltrators” in the university.
Read MoreA highly awaited meeting between President Daniel Ortega and the bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua concluded today without concrete results. The disappointing outcome came at day 50 of what are now nationwide protests with a death toll of at least 127 persons and more than 1,200 injured.
Read MoreNicaragua’s Episcopal Conference has announced that it will meet with President Daniel Ortega today at Casa de los Pueblos, the old presidential palace, in Managua, in order to discuss issues relating to “justice and democracy”, so as to assess whether the National Dialogue process can be resumed or not.
Read MoreThe probability of isolated showers and occasional storms in the capital will continue to rise, especially in the afternoon hours. The maximum temperatures will reange between 29 and 31° C (84 and 88 F), with the lows around 24° C (75 F).
Read MoreNicaraguan President Daniel Ortega accepted a request from the bishops of the Episcopal Conference to meet on Thursday to address the future of dialogue, the Catholic Church body informed today in a statement.
Read MoreThe director of the Institute of Economic Studies and Public Policies (IEEPP), Felix Maradiaga, rejected accusations by the Nicaraguan National Police that linked him to “a dangerous criminal gang that has dedicated itself to sowing terror, murders … and other crimes”, in Managua.
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