The study reveals that in MINED there is no access to public information, accountability mechanisms are handled discretionally, there is no public audit report of programs implemented and the public procurement system does not conform to international standards.
Read MoreMario Arana, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Nicaragua (AmCham), warned that the Free Trade Agreement between Central America, the United States and the Dominican Republic (known as Cafta-DR) is “at risk”, due to the lack of political will on the part of President Daniel Ortega to seek a way out of Nicaragua’s social, political and economic crisis.
Read MoreThe adoption of a legal framework to apply sanctions, by the Council of the European Union (EU) is a sign of the failure of the Ortega regime in the international arena, according to the Spanish former member of the European Parliament Ramon Jauregui.
Read MoreRetired colonel Carlos Brenes is the highest-ranking former member of the military to be imprisoned by the dictatorship during the April rebellion.
Read MoreA group of protesters known as the “Red Lips Nicaraguan Women’s Organization” gathered on October 14, to protest against President Daniel Ortega, a year after they’d gone to jail for a similar action, within the framework of the national crisis.
Read MoreThe latest projections of the World Bank confirm that Nicaragua will have an economic contraction of -5% this year, that is, a greater drop than -3.8% registered last year.
Read MoreThe lawyers of “Defensores del Pueblo” (People’s Defenders) on Monday recommended that Nicaraguan exiles not return to the country due to the risk they face of going to prison or suffering repression in the midst of the national crisis.
Read MoreAfter months of not showing his face, the President of the Central Bank finally appeared. Well, neither the President of the Central Bank had shown his face, nor the institution he leads provided relevant figures on the performance of the economy.
Read MoreIn Nicaragua, from the moment that you set foot on its warm earth, you’ll find enormous billboards with those screaming (horrible) colors and the typical Ortega government slogan: “Christian, Socialist and in Solidarity”.
Read MoreWhomever might come across Luz Elena Sequeira for the first time might not suspect that over the last 6 years, she’s run over 30,000 kilometers. That sum might be more credible when referring to driving a vehicle. But not in this case.
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