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Nicaraguan Police Raid La Prensa, Arrest Editor Critical of Ortega

“The objective is to silence us, silencing independent journalism and closing this media that has so much history over more 90+ years.”

The Inter American Press Association condemns the ransacking of the Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa and the arrest of its General Manager.

Crespo called on her Nicaraguan counterparts to fight for the rights of “those who are suffering the repression of police, soldiers & mobs.”

Balladares and her daughter left everything in their home country, due to the persecution they endured from the Ortega-Murillo Government.

Sergio Ramirez: “Pinita’s fortitude when she talks is impressive: her courage, the strength of her convictions.” “No one will silence her.”

Take over occurs a day after the newspaper announced its print edition will no longer circulate due to a government “blockade of supplies.”

Cuban state media portrays the Ortega regime as a popular people’s government, engaged in a constant struggle against evil imperialism.

The decision came after “living practically underground” due to the brutal repression of the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua.

The Nicaraguan daily newspaper La Prensa, in circulation for 95 years, announced on August 12th that they were halting their print edition.

Rosario Murillo and Daniel Ortega do not cease to shame us before the world with their teenage behavior and public tantrums.