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Felix Maradiaga: “We Need a Cohesive Opposition Platform”

“We learned in jail to see humanity and dignity, even in the guards.” “The first 84 days were like being in a desert.”

The loss of the presidency in 1990 effectively buried the FSLN. What was later sheltered under that name was a corrupt gang.

Her life, her studies and her dreams stopped dead during the time she was in prison. She was declared guilty of treason…

The Ortega-Murillo dictatorship has warped all hopes for a Nicaragua “where the children go to school healthy.”

Daniel Zovatto underlines Latin America’s general condemnation of Ortega. “Monsignor Alvarez is the Nicaraguan Nelson Mandela.”

“The USA offers political asylum, but for citizenship there are established laws and regulations, and citizenship is not granted overnight.”

Only inside parishes, atriums, or surrounding areas, but despite persecution, parishioners affirm: “We will pray for the imprisoned bishop”

Some “stateless” Nicaraguans in the US are betting on continuing their asylum process there before accepting another nationality.

This gesture with Nicaragua reminds me how many countries received Chileans forced to leave Chile to save their lives and their family…

One can speculate that Ortega’s gesture of releasing and banishing the political prisoners could also be a signal of things to come for Cuba.