The resignation of Rafael Solis to his high office in the Nicaraguan Supreme Court, and also to his militancy in the Sandinista Front, shook the country from the very bases of the governing party, among whom many still resist to believe that one of the most pragmatic and loyal voices within the inner circle of the dictator Daniel Ortega has abandoned ship.
Read MoreHuman rights defenders and activists, along with relatives of political prisoners in Nicaragua said that the statements made this week by former Supreme Court Justice Rafael Solís should have the immediate effect of invalidating the trials carried out by the Ortega-Murillo regime against political prisoners and ordering their release.
Read MoreRafael Solis’ resignation is the most important statement that’s been produced up until now from the regime’s functionaries, not only because he’s a Magistrate on Nicaragua’s Supreme Court, but also because he’s been a figure very close to the inner circle of power that surrounds the Ortega-Murillo regime.
Read MoreThe measure taken by the customs office can only be interpreted as another attack of the Ortega-Murillo regime on Nicaraguans’ right to freedom of expression and information. In Venezuela, first Hugo Chavez and now Nicolas Maduro has utilized the same policy to eliminate the print versions of the majority of the opposition print media.
Read MoreOcho meses de crisis social y política en Nicaragua han golpeado al periodismo crítico de país, con 712 casos de violación al libre ejercicio del periodismo, un periodista asesinado, dos presos y decenas exiliados, además de varios medios asaltados por la fuerza pública.
Read MoreThe wife of Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega and vice president of the country, Rosario Murillo, announced this week that they have begun to develop a “blessing campaign” in those places “where there was conflict” in the framework of the protests against the dictatorship, which started in April 2018.
Read MoreRafael Solis, magistrate on the Nicaraguan Supreme Court and loyal political operator in the judicial system for Daniel Ortega, resigned his position within that State power, as well as his membership in the Sandinista Front (FSLN). Solis made his startling announcement in a letter addressed to Ortega, Murillo, and the president of the National Assembly, Gustavo Porras.
Read MoreImmigration authorities in the United States deported 63 Nicaraguans on Wednesday, some of whom spent months in detention in the United States awaiting their return, the Nicaraguan Executive reported through official media.
Read MoreOrtega and Murillo are literally following a script that we have seen staged before in Havana and Caracas. Opponents and critics of authoritarianism, according to them, “conspire in favor of terrorism.” To publicly question the actions of the Government is to ally with “Yankee imperialism” and the internal enemies of something that the Government continues calling the “Sandinista Revolution”.
Read MoreThe Nicaraguan police under orders of Daniel Ortega continue to invade the homes of political opponents. This Monday, the residence of ex-guerrilla commander Dora Maria Tellez was illegally searched by Ortega’s Police, supposedly looking for weapons that they did not find.
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