Nicaragua

The second half of June brings an unprecedented and unfavorable external scenario for the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. Three heavyweight actors from the international arena— the United States, the Organization of American States and the European Union—, will be making decisions that will weaken the regime or at least force it to yield on grounds up until now impenetrable.

The Secretary General of the organization, Luis Almagro, maintains that the OAS will only accompany any electoral reform agreements, after the release of Ortega’s political prisoners and the full restitution of civil liberties, as agreed upon at the dialogue table between the Government and the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy in March.

Up to two hundred Cuban Intelligence advisers operate in Nicaragua on a regular basis, according to high-level sources linked to the Ortega-Murillo government.

The government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo won’t risk the international consequences of expropriating foreign citizens, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in its latest report on Nicaragua. The publication also reiterates that the only vulnerable point of the regime is the possibility of greater United States sanctions.

After 11 years of selective repression, the FSLN government attempted to silence hundreds of thousands of Nicaraguans who rejected the reforms to Social Security imposed on them. To this end they use both uniformed police and paramilitary forces. (31 pictures)

This year’s Mothers’ Day in Nicaragua (May 30th) was dedicated to the young people assassinated by the Ortega Police and paramilitary forces during the civic uprising of 2018.