“Every totalitarian government has as its final aim penetrating into the minds of the population so that they can be manipulated at their whim and will.” So there is no reason to be surprised by what’s happening in Nicaragua.
Read MoreRosalia is her alias. She is a doctor and 44 years old. Our daughters go to the same school, and one afternoon we began conversing about the current situation in the country.
Read MoreThe student, who turned 21 in exile, became an enemy of the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, when during the first national dialogue, in May 2018, he demanded from Daniel Ortega that he surrender.
Read MoreFisherfolk in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. By Rafael Bermudez (Nicaragua). Camera: iPhone
Read More“Guided by the principles that you and God taught me, I couldn’t stay silent while seeing everything that was happening to the students.” This is the message that Maria Guadalupe Ruiz, a 22-year-old Nicaraguan university student, wrote on a piece of paper addressed to her mother.
Read More“I think that this crisis has been institutionalized, that is, people (inside and outside the country) have become accustomed to the fact that there is a crisis in Nicaragua, and that it is going through a slow process,” said former Foreign Minister Francisco Aguirre.
Read MoreUniversity student leader Lesther Aleman returned to Nicaragua on Monday, after more than a year in exile. During the first dialogue back to overcome the crisis in the country, he dramatically demanded that Daniel Ortega order the cessation of repression.
Read More“If there will be anyone taken to any International Criminal Court it is the criminals who promoted these crimes,” Ortega said. He added: “We are already working” on it.
Read MoreThe conclusion is obvious: Ortega-ism is the reincarnation of the Somoza years. We’re not looking at the second stage of the revolution. We’re looking at the second stage of Somocismo.
Read MoreDuring a brief interview broadcast on the internet news program Esta Noche, the US ambassador to the OAS stated that Nicaraguans have pointed to those responsible for the human rights violations. “Also, something that many of us hadn’t heard before: the great complicity of the military in these violations.”
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