Jose 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…
Read MoreThe canal megaproject of Daniel Ortega and Wang Jing arrives to a key date in its null existence. The contract established that it must be dissolve in 72 months, if the investor has not obtained the money to start the project, and the Chinese entrepreneur has not succeeded in getting the 50 billion dollars he promised for the work.
Read MoreAmaya Coppens, a medical student from the UNAN Leon, was abducted on September 10, 2018, with a group of students while they were peacefully protesting. She was one of those released on June 11, 2019, 245 days later.
Read MoreA mass to offer thanks for the release of a large group of political prisoners ended in a confrontation between the National Police under the orders of Daniel Ortega and about a hundred citizens attempting to stage a protest outside the Managua cathedral.
Read MoreDaniel Ortega must cease his persecution of journalists and the campaign of intimidation and threats against the media. He must order the State to suspend the acts of confiscation against Confidencial and 100% Noticias, return the stolen property, and compensate those affected.
Read MoreThe executive secretary of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR), Pablo Abrao, knows first-hand the suffering of those who dared protest against Daniel Ortega’s regime. For that reason, the Amnesty Law that the regime prescribed for itself concerns him.
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