Under the expressed orders of Daniel Ortega, the Nicaraguan Police used officers with experience in criminal investigation to “make a file” on the leaders of the students’ protests, peaceful demonstrations and barricades/roadblocks in the country. With that information the order was to detain them in their homes or directly “eliminate them,” says a former Police lieutenant.
Read MoreThree major political movements defined the extended Nicaraguan 20th century: anti-imperialism, anti-dictatorial struggles, and indigenous, Afro-descendent and campesino resistance to the formation of the national mestizo state. The political legacy of these great movements defines today the character and influence of civic struggles for democracy and sovereignty…
Read MoreBishop Silvio Baez criticized on Sunday the latest aggression suffered by a group of female political prisoners, jailed for protesting against the government of Daniel Ortega, in the context of the crisis that the country has been experiencing since last April.
Read MoreThe Granada that Rodolfo Sanchez knew has changed radically with the political crisis that’s shaken Nicaragua. Sanchez, a young man with a hearing disability, has worked at the Café de las Sonrisas (Cafe of Smiles) for seven years. When the city was left without tourists, he was nearly left unemployed.
Read MoreUS sanctions to Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), that already include Alba of Nicaragua (Albanisa), have also reached the Banco Corporativo SA (Bancorp) and all majority-owned subsidiaries, announced the Deputy Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere Affairs, Kimberly Breier on Friday, Feb. 8th.
Read MoreI am a Portuguese socialist and I am very proud of that. What I have seen in Nicaragua has nothing to do with socialism. What I saw were violations of human rights, violations to the rule of law, violations of the most basic democratic procedures.
Read MoreThe brutal blow that the government of Daniel Ortega has just given to Nicaraguans with the new social security reforms must be fully appreciated in light of its causes and background. The writing has been on the wall progressively for a decade.
Read MoreAmong all the violations of human rights committed by the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo since April of 2018, there’s one that they continue to relentlessly practice using the police state they’ve imposed: persecution. That’s the consensus of a number of experts. Read on to see their comments.
Read MoreDictators invariably rediscover the supposed principle of non-intervention when it suits them. That is what Augusto Pinochet did in Chile and Fidel Castro in Cuba. In the current case, the mantra of nonintervention also clashes with the reality that foreign powers are already intervening in Venezuela.
Read MoreThe Nicaraguan Army has issued a statement to deny the content of a compromising video with comments from the former Minister of the Interior, Ana Isabel Morales, which acknowledges the involvement of Military Intelligence in political espionage activities. However, after some verbal juggling and obscure phrases the Army was unable to clear up the situation.
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