Ortega’s acceptance doesn’t mean that he’ll attend the dialogue in good faith, in search of an authentic solution to the crisis. His objectives aren’t the same as ours; he’ll be looking for a way to neutralize his isolation and the international sanctions, preserve his power and maintain himself in the Presidency until 2021, while evading justice and assuring impunity for him and his, among others.
Read MorePanama has been one of the countries that has welcomed refugees from Nicaragua in the context of the sociopolitical crisis that this Central American country is going through. Last night, the April 19th Movement in Panama made public its position before the meeting to take place this Wednesday in Managua between representatives of the Ortega government and the Civic Alliance.
Read More“With all due respect for the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, we believe that we shouldn’t be sitting down to dialogue without first having certain requisites fulfilled, because we’re facing a situation of permanent human rights violation,” said Vilma Nuñez, president of the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh), upon learning of the talks to resume starting Feb. 27th.
Read MoreThe rebellion of April of last year was born as a spontaneous protest against social security reforms that, when repressed with extreme violence, led to the citizen demand for free elections and for the resignation of Ortega and Murillo. The independent press and cell phone communication became a formidable vehicle of citizen empowerment that multiplied the resonance of the protest.
Read MoreOn Friday, February 22, the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy revealed their agenda for sitting down to negotiate with the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo in a new attempt at a national dialogue.
Read MoreBack in the 1980s thousands of Irish people backed the Sandinistas in Nicaragua – after they overthrew the dictator Anastasio Somoza. Daniel Ortega was a leader of that revolution and the president – he still heads the Sandinista National Liberation Front to this day. But that organization has changed beyond anything we could have imagined in the 1980s.
Read MoreAfter the dictator Daniel Ortega formalized the reinstatement of the national dialogue for Wednesday, February 27, the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy announced the members of the commission that will sit down to negotiate with the regime a solution to the sociopolitical crisis, which has mourned families and broken the national economy.
Read MoreThe mere announcement that the negotiations could be reinstated has generated moderate expectations in a society that yearns for peace, justice and democracy. The news has been noted by the international community that is evaluating whether this means a change in Ortega’s refusal to dialogue, prior to applying new sanctions for serious violations of human rights.
Read MoreOn Friday, February 22, Michelle Bachelet, former Chilean president and current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, condemned the “criminalization of dissent in Nicaragua,” with the generalized imprisonment of opposition leaders and activists “in some cases as a reprisal for cooperating with the United Nations.”
Read MoreThe resumption of the national dialogue between the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy and the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega will have its first session on Wednesday, February 27, behind closed doors. The dictator said that there will be no live broadcast, nor will there be a multitude and the media will not be able to be present during the negotiation sessions.
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