According to the Nicaraguan Interior Ministry, Eddy Antonio Montes Praslin, a political prisoner, was killed by a prison guard this Thursday, May 16, inside the La Modelo prison. The institution, under the Ortega-Murillo regime, asserted that the prisoners mutinied against the guards, who were “attacked” and acted “in self-defense”.
Read MoreIn a parallel universe Nicaragua has become a technologically advanced society, but it is dominated by the Orewellian State led by the Supreme Commander. This perverse being has created a plan to appropriate all assets and convert Nicaraguans into followers who cannot reason or think for themselves.
Read MoreWomen in Nicaragua are hated not only by their partners, their ex-partners, and their acquaintances, but also by the State. None of the past governments, much less that of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, have shown the least interest in preventing violence against women.
Read More“I think it’s the first time that the country has the opportunity for an institutional change without anyone perching himself and then refuse to get down,” said author Sergio Ramirez, who was Vice President of Nicaragua during Ortega’s first term, between 1985 and 1990.
Read MoreFormer Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes is receiving a monthly salary of 90,080.46 cordobas from the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry, equivalent to US $2,739, according to the payroll report of that institution which has been leaked to Confidencial.
Read MoreThe stalemate in negotiations between the Civic Alliance and the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship, as a result of the intransigence of commander Daniel Ortega, threatens to liquidate the second attempt at the national dialogue.
Read MoreFor an entire year, we’ve seen the iron determination of the Nicaraguan citizens to push non-violently for a profound democratic transition, and to banish the bloody dictatorship from power. We struggle to eradicate this system and leave no roots behind, so as to avoid having another form of authoritarianism later sprout anew…
Read MoreEight out of ten Nicaraguans exiled in Costa Rica would return to the country, according to a study by the Arias Foundation, which highlights that persecution and harassment, death threats and fear, are the main reasons why Nicaraguans fled.
Read MoreI also believe that when power originates from a tyrannical regime in crisis, it is particularly cruel in all of its machinery, from the top down and as Hannah Arendt says, it is more of a power/hate directed against the most vulnerable (the young, women and small farmers), as well as against dissidents.
Read MoreFrom various sides, well and ill-intentioned, they unleash attacks every day against the Civic Alliance and their performance in negotiations with the Ortega-Murillo regime.
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