Nicaragua Archives - Page 136 of 446

Nicaragua: The Kidnapper Offers “Proof of Life”

We witnessed an exhibition of cowardice and cruelty, presenting the public prisoners who were pale and gaunt, their weight loss visible.

Who will sound the trumpets that tear down the walls? Who will shatter the glass panes of silence?

The regime appoints retired general Moises Omar Halleslevens to head the new agency and allocates funds for its operation.

Fear has been installed as the great gendarme in charge of repressing Nicaraguan society as a whole.

Prisoners report that a typical meal consists of 40 beans, an ounce of rice, two small spoonsful of meat, and an inch-long boiled plantain.

Nicaraguan journalists reinvent themselves from exile or underground but remain committed to prevent a news blackout in the country.

Repression forced them to leave Nicaragua. In the neighboring country they organize concerts and have created new musical bands.

Environmentalist denounces that the finding is the result of trawl fishing near two important wildlife reserves.

We must decide now if uncertainty is going to remain the daily fare of Nicaraguans, or if there’ll be a road of hope towards democracy.

Daniel Ortega and his wife/VP/spokesperson Rosario Murillo have clearly outdone Donald Trump in projecting their extreme popularity.