Nicaragua

Nicaraguan Political Prisoners under House Arrest Are Still Traumatized

Heynard Baltodano still cannot sleep. Every night, this young man tries to keep his eyes shut in a desperate attempt to rest, but he cannot forget when a policeman hit him in the head with a gun. Patricia Sánchez, can’t work. She is in the same situation as her sister: she can’t sleep, she has no appetite and she suffers from anxiety. The constant police vigilance keeps her on edge.

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What the Ortega-Civic Alliance Accord on Rights and Freedoms Means on Paper

The agreement to strengthen citizen rights and guarantees, signed on Friday March 29, in the ongoing dialogue between the Government and the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, indicates that decisions will be reviewed in relation to the Police occupation and retention of property, facilities, assets, licenses and other tangible and intangible goods of the media, reported El Nuevo Diario.

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Early Elections in Nicaragua Still Up in the Air

The demand to advance the general elections as an alternative peaceful solution to the sociopolitical crisis in Nicaragua is the new hurdle in the negotiation table established between the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo with the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy.

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Ortega Breaks Agreement, Captures Nicaraguan Folk Dancer

On Saturday, once again Ortega called out his riot police and paramilitary forces to lay siege and attack peaceful demonstrators in Nicaragua. It was such a contradiction with the agreement signed the day before with the Civic Alliance that led some observers to doubt that any negotiations with the government are a waste of time.

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