Nicaragua Archives - Page 138 of 446

Tamara Davila on Hunger Strike Demanding to See Her Daughter

The Ortega-Murillo regime has not allowed visits or communication between the political prisoner and her six-year-old daughter for 15 months.

Riot police took Rolando Alvarez away in a pickup truck to an unknown destination, the other priests and laity were also kidnapped.

The representative of the organization was given 72 hours to leave Nicaragua, which prevents them from closing the 20 projects underway.

The dictatorship will bury hope if jail or exile is imposed against Monsignor Rolando Alvarez, currently under house arrest.

Father Oscar Benavidez Davila was detained on August 14. Now, the authorities say he was taken to Managua’s infamous “El Chipote” jail.

A total of 127 Nicaraguans were traveling crammed in a container, while the other 40 were traveling in a bus. All have been sent to shelters.

Owner Mario Hurtado: “Losses amount to $4.6 million dollars, in addition to gold, silver, motorcycles, and computers pawned by customers”

A seminary student, a retired woman, an NGO employee and a recently exiled journalist share their perspectives on life in Nicaragua today.

The priest was leaving a mass when he was intercepted by three police patrol vehicles, who took him away to an unknown destination.

Bishop Rolando Álvarez’s call for courage in the face of a police siege should be echoed in his country and throughout the world.