The Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega agreed on Friday, March 29, to reaffirm the nation’s constitutional rights and citizens’ liberties, which had both been violated and truncated since April 2018. The agreement also contemplates the total liberation with full rights of the over 700+ political prisoners, not just their transfer from prison to house arrest.
Read MoreOn the eighth of each month, exiles from the Nicaraguan city of Jinotepe in Costa Rica remember the atrocious attack perpetrated by paramilitaries and police in Carazo. On July 8, 2018, the Ortega-Murillo regime ordered the dismantling of roadblocks in that department, one of the main bastions of civic protest, which broke out in April throughout the country.
Read MoreOn her knees in a preventive holding cell at the infamous El Chipote interrogation jail, Yolanda Sanchez Moraga thought about her twelve-year-old daughter, while a guard threatened to cut off her hands and to give her over to some policemen to be raped. She cried with fear and in vain implored them to leave her in peace.
Read MoreThis Friday, March 29, the VIII meeting of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) is taking place. The only leaders present are Ortega, Miguel Diaz-Canel of Cuba, and Salvador Sanchez Ceren from El Salvador. The other Caribbean isles will all be represented by their foreign ministers or other delegates.
Read MoreThe political negotiation in Nicaragua between the Civic Alliance opposition and the Ortega government once again at an impasse. This time, the lack of an agreement on the mechanism for the release of political prisoners has hampered any advance in the dialogue.
Read MoreTo retain his grip on state power, Ortega is deploying a strategy on multiple fronts. The negotiation table is just one of the arenas where Ortega plays and certainly not the only one. Therefore, if we hope to achieve freedom then we need to confront Ortega on all fronts.
Read MoreThe civic insurrection that we experienced last year was a wakeup call for everybody. As architects we had to pay attention and take note. Ideally, cities are built by architects and urban planners in a manner that best suit the interests of the people. But the people never cease to amaze us and use urban space and buildings in a brand-new way. New ways which were mostly designed to protect and shelter against State violence.
Read MoreWe are the Alvaro Conrado April 19th Movement in Panama, born from the need to create a community of Nicaraguans united to serve as a support network and accompaniment to the thousands of Nicaraguan brothers and sisters who have been forced to emigrate and take refuge in the wake of the sociopolitical crisis In Nicaragua.
Read MoreThe onset of the rainy season and with it the agricultural cycle is “just around the corner”. However, the banks aren’t offering credit, even though the tax reforms have increased the cost of all inputs for this sector.
Read More“There aren’t any flights until May,” an employee at Avianca airlines tells the crowd of people who line up. They sell plane tickets to Nicaragua at their office, located on the ground floor of the Habana Libre hotel in Vedado, and ever since late January, there has been a long line out the door.
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