Confrontations pitting the riot squads and government-sponsored mobs against citizens and students who had gathered spontaneously to protest left at least three fatalities and around 60 injured in the city of Matagalpa this past Tuesday.
Read MoreThe university students leading the protests in Nicaragua called today for a “giant peaceful rebellion” in the country to press for the departure of Daniel Ortega’s government, one month after the start of the conflict,
Read MoreZoilamerica Ortega Murillo, Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega’s step-daughter, who she accused of sexual abuse and rape in 1998, thanked students who came together today and rebuked the leader during the first session of the national dialogue process in Managua.
Read MoreCloudy skies will predominate from the morning on, with rain and some thunderstorms in the capital. The maximum temperatures will range between 29 and 30° C (84 and 86 F), while the lows between 23 and 24° C (73 and 75 F). The sea surface temperature will be 27° C (81 F).
Read MoreA delegation of 11 members of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will arrive in Nicaragua on Thursday to examine the country’s situation in the midst of the crisis shaking the Ortega-Murillo government.
Read MoreOn Monday, business owners from Granada affiliated with the National Chamber of Tourism, sustained a heated meeting with Mayor Julia Mena and Departmental Chief of Police Alejandro Ruiz in which they demanded that the officials “fulfill their Constitutional mandate”…
Read MoreLeaders of the farm population who oppose an interoceanic canal in Nicaragua announced today that they will block the country’s roads until they are included in the national dialogue that will begin Wednesday with the government, almost a month after the large-scale student protests began.
Read MoreThe Government of Nicaragua announced today that it will allow a mission of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to visit the country to “observe the human rights situation”, informed the secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS) Luis Almagro.
Read MoreThe Nicaraguan Army warned that dialogue is the only way to resolve the governance crisis faced by President Daniel Ortega and to avoid irreversible damage to the economy and national security.
Read MoreNicaraguan President Daniel Ortega sent an audio message to the nation Saturday evening amidst serious riots and clashes in Masaya, a city near the capital, where he invoked God to ask for “strength to achieve peace.” The protesting students note his mixed message of peace while promoting repression.
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