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Nicaragua’s Hospitals Filled to Capacity with Covid-19 Cases

Journalists Alvaro Navarro y Emiliano Chamorro went from one private hospital to another seeking medical care, but intensive care units were overflowing.

Nicaragua: Political Prisoners Start Hunger Strike, 37 with Covid-19 Symptoms

The prison situation of the 97 political prisoners of the Daniel Ortega regime is “very serious”, complicated by the spread of Covid-19 in the jails.

My Questions to Sandinistas in Times of Pandemic

I mourn physical deaths, but also the deceit that has made them multiply. This virus does not differentiate between Sandinistas and non-Sandinistas.

The Nicaraguan Approach: Defy Science with Ignorance at the Helm

The Ortega-Murillo model: scorn for science, lack of diagnostic testing, and the failed family-community model.

Nicaragua’s Ministry of Health Admits Rapid Growth of Covid-19 Cases

In one week, the government doubled the number of deaths and nearly tripled the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19.

The Lessons Ortega Learned from the Eighties

Limit public expenditures, control the repressive apparatus and the justice system, all while increasing his family’s wealth

PAHO: “In Nicaragua Covid-19 Spread Is Already at Community Level”

PAHO Director warns of “strong increase” in Covid-19 cases in Nicaragua in the coming days, despite the lack of data.

Matagalpa Confronts Covid-19 Amid Mistrust and Official Silence

“There simply isn’t any trust in the system,” warn doctors who denounce the lack of measures and the increase in pressures on health personnel.

More than 600 Covid-19 Patients Hospitalized in Nicaragua

Dozens die daily in Managua, Chinandega, Masaya and Rivas; beds, ventilators and primary supplies are scarce and more staff is infected.

Sergio Ramírez: “In Nicaragua, the Virus Has Become an Ideological Issue”

According to the regime’s discourse there is no epidemic because Nicaragua’s borders are shielded, thanks to the official imagery, by divine protection.