Nicaragua Archives - Page 221 of 437

Waiting for the New Year with Riot Police at the Door

Karen Lacayo, sister of political prisoner Edward Lacayo, reports that the police do not allow her or her mother to leave the house.

The law threatens freedom of the press and criminalizes investigative journalism. It’s a green light to surveillance of private communications

Those on the list are all critics of President Putin. The designation “foreign agent” echoes the law in Nicaragua taking effect in December.

Our photo of the day: “The last full moon of 2020”, was taken in Nicaragua by Yolidia Hernánadez with her Redmi Note 8 camera.

The Special Cybercrime Law, known as “Gag Law”, now enters into force in Nicaragua. It criminalizes the exercise of journalism in the country

The pandemic left many migrants unemployed and vulnerable to exploitation. Hundreds were left stranded in other countries or at the borders.

The most shocking and representative images of 2020 in Nicaragua are linked to the pandemic, the de facto police state, and hurricanes.

The Ortega regime politicized the Covid-19 public health crisis. They consistently refuse to provide trustworthy and verifiable information.

Our photo of the day: “The video put me to sleep”, was taken by Axel Saenz in Nicaragua. He was using his Xiaomi mi 9T pro camera.

US Representative Albio Sires warned that Ortega is “accelerating his march toward consolidating a one-party dictatorship in Nicaragua.”