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Nicaragua: Ortega Allows Only “Religious” or “Social” NGOs

The new law against Non-Profit Organizations mutilates all the spaces of civil society for thought and development.

Dennis Murphy from the USA took our photo of the day: “Playa Jiquilillo at Sunset”, in Chinandega, Nicaragua.

Chaves, takes office on May 8. He assured he would uphold the values of democracy and freedom that characterize Costa Rican foreign policy.

Former rector Ernesto Medina points out that the legal reforms seek “to consolidate political control in the universities.”

The Ministry of the Interior can intervene & suspend a civil society organization for up to three years; its directors can also be imprisoned.

“The day they gave us the news, we cried,” said Maritza Chavarría, the forced closure of the NGO has had a “big” impact on her community.

The new law legalizes the unilateral confiscation of assets from organizations deemed to be engaging in “political propaganda”.

International and independent experts will have a year to realize an exhaustive investigation of human rights violations in Nicaragua.

The presidential candidates accuse each other of corruption, shady handling of electoral financing and allegations of sexual harassment.

The sanctions that the EU and the US have imposed on Russia in the last week are said to be the toughest in history.