These two young men from Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast were convicted by one of Daniel Ortega’s judges, accused of killing journalist Angel Gahona, on April 21, 2018, while he covered the aftermath of a demonstration transmitted on Facebook Live in his native Bluefields. Both men insist on their innocence.
Read MoreThe outrages recently committed in the Catholic churches in Leon and Managua against Nicaraguans exercising their basic citizens’ rights, give us a good measure of Ortega’s plans for the immediate future. His hordes, who apparently enjoyed full impunity, had no respect for the cathedrals in either city.
Read MoreHAVANA TIMES – The German Solidarity Movement with Nicaragua strongly urged that country’s government to abstain from any action that would allow the Ortega regime to continue oppressing the country’s people”
Read MoreAfter the deadline for implementation of the agreements reached at the negotiation table between the Civic Alliance and the government of Daniel Ortega expired this June 18, the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) requested the release of all remaining political prisoners and the restoration of freedoms in Nicaragua.
Read MoreThe US Treasury Department issued new sanctions on Friday against officials of the Ortega-Murillo government in Nicaragua. This time they punished the president of the Parliament, Gustavo Porras; the Minister of Health, Sonia Castro; the director of telecommunications (Telcor), Orlando Castillo; and retired general Oscar Mojica.
Read MoreJose Miguel Vivanco, HRW’s director for the Americas, is demanding that the US, Canada and democratic governments in Latin America “double-down on sanctions” against the Ortega government.
Read MoreDespite the commitment that the government made to the Civic Alliance at the negotiating table, the June 18th deadline for the complete liberation of the political prisoners has passed and these prisoners are still locked up. The negotiations themselves are currently suspended.
Read More“It is a very hard blow because for a person like me, who has given so much for what at one time was joy. In 1979 we said that we were entering freedom because we had just overthrown a military dictatorship. And, now, 40 years later I find out that history repeats itself…
Read MoreBeginning practically the very day they were released from prison, the now ex-political prisoners continue being hounded by the police and harassed by the paramilitary. Their lives and their safety are under near-constant threat.
Read MoreFor several days —very few— Lucia Pineda, the Nicaraguan-Costa Rican journalist released on June 11 from prison, yielded the limelight to Lucia Pineda the daughter, sister, aunt, family member, as she allowed herself to visit her family in Costa Rica. But the indulgence could not last long…
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