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Amnesty International: “Ortega Wants to Suffocate Dissent”

Arbitrary detentions, laws to silence critics and “civil death” are three tactic used to silence people says the Amnesty International report.

The youths found families who, in order to satisfy their children’s hunger, gave them water with tomato sauce.

Armed civilians, who operate with impunity & police protection, keep watch & threaten citizens who oppose the Ortega regime to silence them.

The Nicaraguan Health Ministry has received over US $63 million in financing from multilateral banks. But what did they do with it?

Nicaraguans pay the most in Central America for a Covid-19 test. It should be possible to do the tests in departments, complained citizens.

“The new administration will accompany the individual sanctions with other strategies. However, “the ball is in Nicaragua’s court.”

The “Law for the Protection of Consumers and Users” entered into force on February 9, after its publication in the official Gazette.

Former diplomats feel the latest US State Department press release marks the “approach” the Biden administration plans to follow on Nicaragua.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called “deficient,” compliance with its recommendations issued in 2019 to the state of Nicaragua.

Repeated detentions trap Nicaraguans who oppose the government. The tactic is designed to lessen the “political cost” for the dictatorship.