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Nicaragua: Journalists Remain Incommunicado after 28 days

The last time Alejandro Ubau Hernandez spoke with his niece Lucia Pineda Ubau, editor-in-chief of 100% Noticias channel, the journalist expressed her concern about the permanent siege of paramilitaries and the Police at her workplace. A week later, on December 21st, Lucia and Miguel Mora, director of this media outlet, were abducted in a police operation that culminated in the occupation of the premises and the cancellation of the popular channel’s signal.

Nicaragua Needs More Justice, Less Impunity

In the future, in the new Nicaragua that we so long for, we need to unravel and clearly define the responsibilities of each person who has been an accomplice and perpetrator of the wave of repression, and who has helped to maintain this dictatorship. They need to be tried in court, if necessary, to stop them from regaining power and cynically laughing in our faces, again.

Mugabe and Ortega: Similarities and Differences

Daniel Ortega and Robert Mugabe share a lot of similarities, but also some profound differences. History has now buried Mugabe, while Ortega continues clinging to power, squandering all his political capital and eroding his personal image.

Neither Forgive nor Forget? A Response

Without truth there is a “pact” and a shady deal in a dark room, mutual forgiveness and a convenient oblivion. Without truth there is cynicism, and what there always is, a recycling of all the culprits, who then, when another one appears, can even boast of being noble and integral people, to whom nobody, never, “could prove him anything.”

The Confession of Rafael Solis: “A Political and Moral Earthquake”

In an interview with journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, on the television program “Esta Semana”, Dora Maria Tellez argued that the resignation of Solis from the State-FSLN Party controlled by the presidential couple is a political earthquake.

Mexican Policy Towards Nicaragua Remains Unclear

Lopez Obrador himself hasn’t offered a lot in terms of explaining what his international politics might look like. On Monday morning, January 14, during a press conference with the national media in the National Palace, he reaffirmed his campaign position that he’d maintain a policy of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other countries.

Hansell Vasquez: Communicating Broken Dreams

Hansell Vasquez liked to dream of owning a big company. He saw himself leading it and giving his family the comforts that they had once lacked. He made several start-up attempts. His mother, Lilliam Ruiz, thinks about him every day. At times she finds herself thinking that it’s all a lie, that her son isn’t in prison, that he’s just gone on a trip, camera in hand, to make some videos…

Daniel Ortega and Jimmy Morales Face Supranational Powers

Morales wants to install a dictatorial power opposing other powers of the State (the Constitutional Court, the Prosecutor’s Office), Ortega has a consolidated dictatorship, although tottering. Their modus operandi unite them, above and below their supposed ideological differences.

Gioconda Belli: Neither Forgive nor Forget?

The next stage of the struggle in Nicaragua must lead to defining an organization that can bind together and legitimize the self-organized movement; a body that succeeds in uniting us around proposals and ideals that move away from the failures that we’ve experienced.

Will Russia Save Ortega in Nicaragua?

Daniel Ortega hopes that Russia can play an important role in sustaining his government under pressure internationally from most of the Americas and the European Union. Ortega’s regime is accused of horrendous human rights violations and faces a deflating Nicaraguan economy approaching free-fall under the weight of multiple sanctions.