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A Renewed Effort to Unite the Nicaraguan Opposition

A “Good Will Commission” was created this week, to seek unity among all those opposing the Ortega regime in Nicaragua.

The Nicaraguan Gov. has begun denying certain foreigners their 5-year residency cards. Instead, they’re issuing permits for only 3 months.

School principal: The government isn’t helping “to spread awareness”, nor providing “logistical help” to avoid the spread of COVID-19.

The economic crisis sparked by the pandemic, plus political instability and the suspension of commercial flights, have hit Nicaragua hard.

Two well-known feminist groups in Nicaragua denounced squads of “police & paramilitaries” who perpetrated “acts of intimidation” on them.

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.