The Nicaraguan students have a single representative, sitting at the negotiating table to continue the National Dialogue between the Government of Daniel Ortega and the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy. However, they have very clear demands before the dictatorship: the release of political prisoners, democratization and justice, as they stated during the protests that began in April.
Read MoreAt the end of the second round of negotiations on Thursday, the regime persisted in its close-mindedness. The “arm-wrestling” takes place over the subject of guarantors and mediators. The Government maintains that the crisis is a problem of Nicaraguans and that we must resolve it without international guarantors,” said sources close to the process.
Read MoreIt was not clear if in the “roadmap which would constitute the guidelines for the functioning of the negotiation” are included the preconditions demanded by Nicaraguan society, such as the release of all, and not partially, the over 760 political prisoners, as well as early elections.
Read MoreDespite being surrounded by her family, Ruth Matute Valdivia isn’t completely happy. It’s true that she’s exchanged the hostile environment of the Prison Hospital in La Esperanza jail for the welcoming climate of her home in Monimbo, Masaya; however, she still doesn’t feel free. “This is a temporary arrangement. I won’t be free until I receive my letter of release,” she expressed.
Read MoreToday is the second day of talks in Managua, Nicaragua between the government of Daniel Ortega and the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy as representatives of the citizen opposition, to create conditions for a successful negotiation process.
Read MoreThe trip from prison to her home in Jinotepe on Wednesday was eternal for Delmi Portocarrero. During the trip, which lasted just over an hour, she had time to remember when she was captured by paramilitaries on November 7 of last year, the five long interrogations to which she was subjected, when she fainted due to lack of medicines and when another prisoner of Russian nationality wanted to kill her.
Read MoreYonarqui Martinez, defense attorney for the political prisoners, has been accused of stealing from an official who works for the Judicial Power in the Sixth District Penal Court for Hearings in Managua. However, she denounces the charge as “fabricated” in order to try and force her to abandon the defense of some of the dictatorship’s accused political prisoners.
Read MoreThe Association “Mothers of April” does not rule out appealing to the international courts to achieve justice. But, before that, they trust that the Nicaraguan State can satisfy their claim…even if nobody has invited them to participate in the national dialogue which held its first preliminary meeting on Wednesday, February 27.
Read MoreThe first political prisoners to be released from the La Modelo men’s prison left in vehicles of the Penitentiary System on their way to their homes, in the early morning of this Wednesday, February 27. Today the opening session of the National Dialogue between the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy and the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo is scheduled.
Read MoreSince the dialogue was made public, much of the population actually distrusts it, not only because the initiative was taken by Ortega, but also, because it is known intuitively that a political negotiation during a governing crisis does not happen out of good will (as the naive say). Instead, it is imposed by the one who has the advantage.
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