The price of Ortega’s repression of citizens civic demands has been “extremely high,” said The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), in its latest report on Nicaragua. The Economist warned that such a situation has “led to a dramatic deterioration of the economy” and that the current recession threatens to become a “depression.”
Read MoreIranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif was welcomed on Sunday at the Managua airport by President Daniel Ortega’s son and government investments representative Laureano Ortega and the Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada.
Read MoreDon Alvaro has the dark skin of people from Masaya, a thin beard of several days, graying, and a sad look, desolate look, like the one that have those who have lost the most precious thing in their lives. He survives in exile; he is a casualty of impunity.
Read MoreCommander Daniel Ortega closed the doors Friday to the national dialogue with the Civic Alliance, while reiterating that he is not willing to hold early elections. Instead, the Sandinista strongman emphasized that he will be stay in power at least until after the November 2021 elections, in defiance of the sanctions and the international community.
Read MoreCartoonist Pedro Molina: “The humor that makes the most sense is that which puts the powerful in their place. I’m not speaking only of politicians, because many times the real power doesn’t lie only with them… I’m not interested in humor that mocks the poor or the disgraced, I’m interested in humor that can bring the powerful down to earth.”
Read MoreAs a foreigner spending a few relaxing days in León this month, I had the opportunity to see an opera at the Municipal Theater. They were performing Luisa Fernanda, a romantic Spanish Zarzuela from the 1930s. It was a very enjoyable production, but there was one confusing aspect. Something that was very strange!
Read MoreBishop Rolando Alvarez told reporters from Matagalpa that when he was preparing to leave the community of La Joya, some peasants came to tell him there was a group of armed people hiding on both sides of the road to Terrabona.
Read MoreThe last thing that the young opposition activist Bryan Murillo did on Tuesday night, just hours before police officers shot and killed him in his mother’s home in the Barrio Guadalupe of León, was to squeeze himself into a photo taken of his niece, Aylin Del Carmen…
Read MoreCuba’s First Vice President Salvador Valdes and Venezuelan VP Delcy Rodriguez were the highest-ranking guests at the celebration for the 40th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution in Managua on Friday.
Read MoreI’ll do my best to evaluate the revolution, though I’m hesitant to do so for several reasons. First because I was there as a protagonist, so I share responsibilities for the good and bad parts of that period, some of which are still topical today even though they date back 40 years. Secondly, I speak from my memories, and memory is always fallible and selective.
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