A mission of European Parliament members (MEPs) concluded their fact-finding visit to Nicaragua on Saturday afternoon by holding a press conference. They ruled out the Ortega government’s central argument that a coup attempt had occurred,, declaring that thesis “speculative and partisan,” as well as “not supported by any evidence.”
Read MoreI believe that the massacre of 2018 and all the crimes that are being committed in Nicaragua come from the lie that has been lived since 1979, year in which we thought that we touched the sky with our hands, and in a blind ecstasy we allowed a gang not fit for power to accumulate it excessively.
Read MoreThe Nicaraguan private sector on Thursday demanded the National Police to withdraw “immediately” the public accusation in which it accuses the business associations of participating in a failed “coup d’état” last April.
Read MoreThe “Reconciliation Law” devised by VP Murillo was approved on, January 23, in the Nicaraguan National Assembly. While Ortega’s regime claims that the law will help resolve the crisis that the country is experiencing, the opposition and the relatives of the massacred victims see it as an attempt to leave unpunished the crimes against humanity committed by the dictatorship.
Read MoreThe statements from high-level representatives of the current Mexican government announcing their willingness to serve as mediators in the Nicaraguan crisis, provoked a broad and serious debate, as well as concerns and some aggravation.
Read MoreThe Nicaraguan private sector will hold an emergency meeting to determine their course of action, given the announcement that the National Police were prohibiting the civic mobilization the business leaders had convoked for Thursday, January 24 to demand democratization and justice for the country.
Read MoreThe Ortega regime filled the roundabouts and main avenues of Managua with police and riot police, fearing that citizens would take advantage of the presence of a delegation from the European Parliament to show their repudiation of the dictatorship. The mission will be in Nicaragua until Saturday, to evaluate the Nicaraguan crisis and support a process of dialogue.
Read More“Breathe, don’t be quiet!” This phrase, amid hectic, tired sighs, closes the latest number by Ruben Blades, a Panamanian singer and political figure. This latest song, which he recorded together with the US rock band Making Movies, urges the population not to remain silent in the face of corruption that “attacks and drowns us with its tricks.”
Read MoreOn Monday, January 21, Costa Rica rejected Nicaragua’s protest note denouncing the supposed operation in Costa Rican territory of a band that recently attacked Nicaraguan police. In rejecting the note, the Costa Rican foreign minister warned of an intent to create “artificial” problems to “divert attention” from the crisis in that country.
Read MoreThousands of Nicaraguans went out onto the streets of San Jose, Costa Rica, on Sunday, January 20, to demand an end to the repression and the immediate resignation of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. They marched from the metropolitan park known as La Sabana, down the principal streets of San Jose, to gather in the Plaza de la Democracia, calling for a new Nicaragua.
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