Nicaragua

Masaya Closed its Doors to Ortega   

Daniel Ortega commemorated the 40th anniversary of The Repliegue (tactical retreat) to Masaya last week by riding on a Mercedes Benz bus from Managua to Masaya. His was the first in a sea of vehicles that made the journey, accompanied by hundreds of armed police. 

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The Nicaraguan Army, Ortega and the Paramilitaries

The formation of a paramilitary force outside the Constitution confirms the institutional collapse of the National Police. It also reveals that under the command of General Julio Cesar Aviles, the Nicaraguan Army has become an instrument of complicity with the repression, acting as an extension of the State-Party-Family dictatorship.

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