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Nicaragua’s Closed Doors

Guatemalan anthropologist Irma Velasquez Nimatuj narrates the denial of her entry to Nicaragua, her illegal detention and expulsion.

Priest surrounded inside the church by riot police reports one wounded; they seize equipment from a Catholic radio shut down…

The restoration of democracy in Nicaragua is a medium and long-term process. “We should be prepared for a marathon,” he counsels.

It is Friday night, July 29, 2022, and the news emerges that Jose Ruben Zamora, founder and director of elPeriodico, has been detained…

This 22-year-old Nicaraguan woman wants to be the first astronaut from her country; and, step by step, she’s moving towards her goal.

The past month’s rains caused serious flooding that washed away the crops that would normally be harvested at the end of July & early August.

Diplomat Hugo Rodriguez advocated in the US Senate for an end to human right violations and a return to democracy in Nicaragua.

They said the cancellation of the legal status of more than 1,200 associations “represents a clear pattern of repression of civic society.”

Among the 16 deceased there are 13 Venezuelans and one Nicaraguan; Two other people have not yet been identified.

An investigator from Human Rights Watch notes that the situation in Guatemala bears some similarity to that of Nicaragua…