Nicaragua Archives - Page 218 of 437

Hit and Run: A Sadistic Plot of the Ortega Dictatorship

I have said on other occasions that dictatorships have little imagination. And the one installed in Nicaragua has even less.

Exile is also a cycle: it ends when we return to our birthplace, or it just disappears as we integrate into our new worlds.

One day before political prisoner Carlos Alberto Bonilla was scheduled for release, the District Attorney’s office issued a new accusation.

Political scientist Richard Feinstein believes that under Biden sanctions against the Ortega regime will be paired with “negotiations”.

Nicaragua needs our help. Even if it is to modestly call on the conscience of those who have the power to do so.

Cosep won’t negotiate with Ortega on economic issues without political reforms endorsed by national political leaders, the OAS and the EU.

Ortega’s political prisoners are routinely charged with drug trafficking & weapons possession. “I was also carrying a tank,” joked Betata.

Life imprisonment was legalized for hate crimes, a term still legally undefined. Human Rights defenders warn that a definition is vital.

Sports commentator presents his book “Pongale sello” (Stamp it), in which he assembles commentaries and anecdotes from his Doble Play program

Stories of artisans and professionals who oppose the regime. They now face continual harassment from the police and paramilitary.