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The Cruelty Faced by Political Prisoners in Nicaragua

The political prisoners were victims of cruel and degrading treatment, the IACHR condemns the persistence of serious human rights violations.

The minimum monthly salary for public employees is 7,134 cordobas [US $197], which covers barely 34% of the cost of a family’s basic needs.

Police took attorney Carmen Saenz from her home in Matagalpa, Nicaragua on August 10. Her whereabouts remain unknown to her family.

The former Uruguayan leader stated in an interview with El Observador that Daniel Ortega and Nicolas Maduro “play at democracy.”

A Harris victory would offer a more favorable scenario both economically and politically for US-Latin America relations. Read why.

Sanctions also remain in place for three Nicaraguan state institutions: National Police, Supreme Electoral Council, and Telcor.

“We want to denounce that since July 12, journalist Fabiola Tercero has been in the condition of forced disappearance.”

The music of Nicaraguan rapper Dares Jaguar ranges from sensitive artistic expression to a raging political weapon.

“Mechanism for the Recognition of Political Prisoners” sees a “worsening” of the Ortega-Murillo regime’s repressive mechanisms.

More than 120 other banished Nicaraguans have obtained Spanish nationality by July 2024 through a special and expedited process…