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University Closures in Nicaragua Another Step Backwards

Outraged students demand the reinstatement of their universities’ legal status. A prominent academic warns of the loss of university autonomy.

With each step that Ortega and Murillo have taken to consolidate their power, they have dug themselves deeper into a hole…

The prosecution asks for fifteen-year sentences for both the former guerrilla commander and the student leader.

The bogus trials resumed against dozens of opponents of Ortega’s government, including students, journalists, activists & political leaders.

There’s a clear lack of political will on the part of Ortega and his allies to find a way out of the socio-political crisis.

She was convicted for her work in defense of human rights. In the record, she signed identifying herself as a political prisoner.

Alexandro Alvarez, former MESENI coordinator, explains the options for prosecuting those who acted against the Nicaraguan people.

The Ortega-controlled Nicaraguan National Assembly abruptly cancelled the legal status of 16 more non-profit organizations on February 2nd.

Costa Rican presidential candidates promise an open-arms immigration policy and a diplomacy aimed at defending human rights and democracy.

“As a form of protest and solidarity with the people of Nicaragua in general and with its university community in particular…”