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Rafael Rojas: Repression Won’t Erase Cuba’s Problems

Rafael Rojas believes the unprecedented demonstrations in Cuba are the result of accumulated economic & social discontent in the country.

If Ortega does not allow free elections, the international community needs to impose rigorous sanctions on his government.

The term used to characterize the Ortega-Murillo rule in Nicaragua has gone from government to regime to dictatorship. Read why…

Relatives of the over 140 Nicaraguan political prisoners denounced the terrible prison conditions their family members are being held in…

The repressive escalation of the Ortega-Murillo regime targets the country’s independent press, sending may reporters into exile.

Report on violations of press freedom includes 44 denunciations in June & warns that the government tries to impose an “information blackout”

Ortega and Murillo are examples of one-time revolutionaries who hide behind their rhetoric as they abandon service to achieve personal gain.

The sanctions are “a response to the continuous human rights violations being committed in Nicaragua,” stated a press release.

This fall Nicaraguan autocrat Daniel Ortega will run for his fourth consecutive term alongside his wife, and vice-president, Rosario Murillo.

A total of 100 functionaries and family members were affected, accused of furthering the “Ortega-Murillo regime’s assault on democracy”.