Despite being surrounded by her family, Ruth Matute Valdivia isn’t completely happy. It’s true that she’s exchanged the hostile environment of the Prison Hospital in La Esperanza jail for the welcoming climate of her home in Monimbo, Masaya; however, she still doesn’t feel free. “This is a temporary arrangement. I won’t be free until I receive my letter of release,” she expressed.
Read MoreToday is the second day of talks in Managua, Nicaragua between the government of Daniel Ortega and the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy as representatives of the citizen opposition, to create conditions for a successful negotiation process.
Read MoreThe trip from prison to her home in Jinotepe on Wednesday was eternal for Delmi Portocarrero. During the trip, which lasted just over an hour, she had time to remember when she was captured by paramilitaries on November 7 of last year, the five long interrogations to which she was subjected, when she fainted due to lack of medicines and when another prisoner of Russian nationality wanted to kill her.
Read MoreYonarqui Martinez, defense attorney for the political prisoners, has been accused of stealing from an official who works for the Judicial Power in the Sixth District Penal Court for Hearings in Managua. However, she denounces the charge as “fabricated” in order to try and force her to abandon the defense of some of the dictatorship’s accused political prisoners.
Read MoreThe Association “Mothers of April” does not rule out appealing to the international courts to achieve justice. But, before that, they trust that the Nicaraguan State can satisfy their claim…even if nobody has invited them to participate in the national dialogue which held its first preliminary meeting on Wednesday, February 27.
Read MoreThe first political prisoners to be released from the La Modelo men’s prison left in vehicles of the Penitentiary System on their way to their homes, in the early morning of this Wednesday, February 27. Today the opening session of the National Dialogue between the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy and the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo is scheduled.
Read MoreSince the dialogue was made public, much of the population actually distrusts it, not only because the initiative was taken by Ortega, but also, because it is known intuitively that a political negotiation during a governing crisis does not happen out of good will (as the naive say). Instead, it is imposed by the one who has the advantage.
Read MoreOrtega’s acceptance doesn’t mean that he’ll attend the dialogue in good faith, in search of an authentic solution to the crisis. His objectives aren’t the same as ours; he’ll be looking for a way to neutralize his isolation and the international sanctions, preserve his power and maintain himself in the Presidency until 2021, while evading justice and assuring impunity for him and his, among others.
Read MorePanama has been one of the countries that has welcomed refugees from Nicaragua in the context of the sociopolitical crisis that this Central American country is going through. Last night, the April 19th Movement in Panama made public its position before the meeting to take place this Wednesday in Managua between representatives of the Ortega government and the Civic Alliance.
Read More“With all due respect for the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, we believe that we shouldn’t be sitting down to dialogue without first having certain requisites fulfilled, because we’re facing a situation of permanent human rights violation,” said Vilma Nuñez, president of the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh), upon learning of the talks to resume starting Feb. 27th.
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