Nicaragua Archives - Page 293 of 448

Nicaragua’s Agrarian University Expels or Sanctions 240 Students

Their crime was disagreeing with the politics of the Nicaraguan Students Union (UNEN), an organization closely allied with the Ortega regime.

Closed NGOs Resist the Onslaught of the Nicaraguan Regime

Organizations that lost their legal status since a year ago, maintain their projects and goal of holding power accountable in Nicaragua.

Nicaraguan Police Attack Relatives of Political Prisoners & Journalists

On Thursday in Managua, Nicaragua, riot police assaulted and robbed relatives of political prisoners and journalists.

Nicaragua: HR Defenders and Feminists Demand Justice not Impunity

Nicaraguan human rights organizations denounce “restructuring” of paramilitary groups, in addition to torture and rape in prisons.

Victoria Obando: “We Won’t Stop Until Ortega is Gone”

The student, transgender activist and released political prisoner maintains her demand that Ortega must go so that Nicaragua can be rebuilt.

Three dictatorships in Latin America on International Human Rights Day

In Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, above all, no reference will be made. Or if any is done it will sound ironic.

A Legion of Cuban Buyers Invades Managua’s “Oriental” Market

In the huge bustle of the “Mercado Oriental” in Managua a new accent is heard, one that marks a novelty between buyers and merchants.

In Nicaragua, Human Rights in 2018-2019 are All Wrong

The past 2 years in Nicaragua have one thing in common: they’ve been marked by the most brutal repression the country has experienced in times of peace.

Nicaragua’s April Mothers’ Association: “No Peace for Us until There’s Justice.”

“The state should turn over to us a list of the police and paramilitary involved in the repression,” so there can be a real investigation.

More than 160 Political Prisoners Remain in Ortega’s Jails

“We are planning to go out on the streets. We want a Christmas without political prisoners,” said Karen Lacayo, sister of political prisoner Edward Lacayo,