Nicaragua Archives - Page 22 of 430

The Big Lie of ‘Migrant Crime’ in the US Elections

The idea of migrant crime is based on a false & xenophobic thesis, on a lie that seeks to construct the idea of migrants as dangerous people.

The president of Guatemala explains why he agreed to receive the latest group of 135 banished Nicaraguan political prisoners.

The philosopher & sociologist was in prison for ten months for expressing his opinion on social media. “I’m going to keep doing it,” he says.

Three students and two professionals explain why going back to Nicaragua isn’t in their plans, as they contemplate a future in other lands.

Muñoz was a political prisoner twice. She was accused of cybercrimes in a setup that involved the bishop of Granada, Monsignor Solorzano.

“I’m fine. Sad, angry, emotional, but okay,” she told me. Then her voice broke into intense crying. “They still have other women locked up.”

Once again after a large prisoner release/banishment, ten political prisoners from before the 2018 protests and others remain in jail.

“We thought this would never end, but God heard us,” says one of the 135 exiles. Former prisoners confirm physical and psychological torture.

“Nicaragua’s release of journalists Víctor Ticay and Fabiola Tercero brings us relief, but they should never have been imprisoned…”

Valdrack Jaentschke is one of the regime’s most loyal figures within the diplomatic corps. Dennis Moncada leaves the post for “health reasons”