Nicaragua

Rafael Solis: Ortega Wants a Tailor-Made Agenda

The former magistrate and political operator of the FSLN on the Supreme Court, Rafael Solis, believes that the agenda revealed by the government of Daniel Ortega for the national dialogue with the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, demonstrates that “the government does not want a serious and responsible dialogue, but a tailor-made dialogue.”

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OEA “Exploring” the Possibility of serving as a guarantor for the dialogue

In a statement released on March 11, the Civic Alliance informed that their negotiating team had met with Luis Angel Rosadilla, OAS special envoy, “and put before this organization the priorities that the Alliance and the Nicaraguans demand, in order to escape from the deep crisis the country is going through.” Rosadilla, who also met with the government, said on Tuesday that he will be in the country until March 23rd.

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Ortega Shows No Sign of Commitment for Change

While the second attempt at a national dialogue to reach a peaceful solution to the crisis in Nicaragua stagnates again, the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy and the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega try to “raise the stakes” with their conditions for the process.

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Ortega Invites OAS at a New Impasse in the Nicaragua Negotiation

The Government of Daniel Ortega invited the Organization of American States (OAS) on Saturday to participate in the negotiations established with the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, which are at an impasse, after the bishops of the Episcopal Conference rejected to take part as witnesses or companions of the process.

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Nicaragua: Political Prisoners Fear New Beatings

“For more than 12 hours the political prisoners carried out a protest from the building of gallery 16 to the maximum-security cells, demanding freedom. Today we have seen these young men break the security of this dictatorial regime,” says the political prisoner, Yubrank Suazo, in a video that went viral on social networks.“For more than 12 hours the political prisoners carried out a protest from the building of gallery 16 to the maximum-security cells, demanding freedom. Today we have seen these young men break the security of this dictatorial regime,” says the political prisoner, Yubrank Suazo, in a video that went viral on social networks.

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Flipping Off the Ortega Regime 

Even though the courageous university students raised their voices against the dictatorship this week inside the Central American University, we’re still falling like chumps into the dictator’s game. I’m not referring to the fact that the Civic Alliance reached an agreement with the dictatorship’s representatives for a “roadmap”, that doesn’t meet our expectations…

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