The rebellion of April of last year was born as a spontaneous protest against social security reforms that, when repressed with extreme violence, led to the citizen demand for free elections and for the resignation of Ortega and Murillo. The independent press and cell phone communication became a formidable vehicle of citizen empowerment that multiplied the resonance of the protest.
Read MoreOn Friday, February 22, the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy revealed their agenda for sitting down to negotiate with the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo in a new attempt at a national dialogue.
Read MoreBack in the 1980s thousands of Irish people backed the Sandinistas in Nicaragua – after they overthrew the dictator Anastasio Somoza. Daniel Ortega was a leader of that revolution and the president – he still heads the Sandinista National Liberation Front to this day. But that organization has changed beyond anything we could have imagined in the 1980s.
Read MoreAfter the dictator Daniel Ortega formalized the reinstatement of the national dialogue for Wednesday, February 27, the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy announced the members of the commission that will sit down to negotiate with the regime a solution to the sociopolitical crisis, which has mourned families and broken the national economy.
Read MoreThe mere announcement that the negotiations could be reinstated has generated moderate expectations in a society that yearns for peace, justice and democracy. The news has been noted by the international community that is evaluating whether this means a change in Ortega’s refusal to dialogue, prior to applying new sanctions for serious violations of human rights.
Read MoreOn Friday, February 22, Michelle Bachelet, former Chilean president and current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, condemned the “criminalization of dissent in Nicaragua,” with the generalized imprisonment of opposition leaders and activists “in some cases as a reprisal for cooperating with the United Nations.”
Read MoreThe resumption of the national dialogue between the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy and the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega will have its first session on Wednesday, February 27, behind closed doors. The dictator said that there will be no live broadcast, nor will there be a multitude and the media will not be able to be present during the negotiation sessions.
Read MoreIt is logical that the news of the meeting made by Ortega with some bankers, with the participation of the Nuncio and Cardinal Brenes, provoked so much controversy. It is logical, in the first place, because there are no known details of the conversations or the real intentions of those involved. Secondly, because the Nicaraguan people are accustomed to burning themselves with milk, with deceptions, disappointments, pacts and re-pacts.
Read MoreLesther Aleman turned 21 in exile. He always believed that he would leave Nicaragua to study, but it was not like that. He left under a strong political persecution and threats of imprisonment by the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, after becoming the young man who confronted the president at the National Dialogue.
Read MorePresidents Juan Carlos Varela of Panama and Carlos Alvarado of Costa Rica called for dialogue as the way to overcome the crisis that has engulfed Nicaragua since last April. Meeting on February 20, the two heads of state also spoke of the need to investigate the hundreds of deaths that have resulted from the socio-political crisis.
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