The National Blue and White Unity movement (UNAB) convoked today a demonstration in the streets for this Saturday, March 16, to demand the “absolute and unconditional” freedom of the hundreds of prisoners arrested for protesting against the regime of Daniel Ortega.
Read MoreSix groups in the European Parliament presented their proposals for a resolution on the Nicaraguan crisis, and four of these groups demand specific and individual sanctions against Ortega’s officials. A vote on a resolution for sanctions is expected on Thursday.
Read MoreThe former magistrate and political operator of the FSLN on the Supreme Court, Rafael Solis, believes that the agenda revealed by the government of Daniel Ortega for the national dialogue with the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, demonstrates that “the government does not want a serious and responsible dialogue, but a tailor-made dialogue.”
Read MoreIn a statement released on March 11, the Civic Alliance informed that their negotiating team had met with Luis Angel Rosadilla, OAS special envoy, “and put before this organization the priorities that the Alliance and the Nicaraguans demand, in order to escape from the deep crisis the country is going through.” Rosadilla, who also met with the government, said on Tuesday that he will be in the country until March 23rd.
Read MoreEleven years of repressed indignation exploded in April 2018, leaving behind at least 325 killed, over 700 political prisoners, and thousands who’ve been persecuted, tortured and exiled. The civic rebellion that arose in Nicaragua has had a woman’s face as well.
Read MoreWhile the second attempt at a national dialogue to reach a peaceful solution to the crisis in Nicaragua stagnates again, the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy and the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega try to “raise the stakes” with their conditions for the process.
Read MoreThe Government of Daniel Ortega invited the Organization of American States (OAS) on Saturday to participate in the negotiations established with the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, which are at an impasse, after the bishops of the Episcopal Conference rejected to take part as witnesses or companions of the process.
Read MoreThe Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy said on Sunday that it will resume its assistance at the Negotiating Table once the Government of Nicaragua offers the country convincing signs to find integral solutions to the crisis that the country is experiencing and that contribute to an environment of peace.
Read More“For more than 12 hours the political prisoners carried out a protest from the building of gallery 16 to the maximum-security cells, demanding freedom. Today we have seen these young men break the security of this dictatorial regime,” says the political prisoner, Yubrank Suazo, in a video that went viral on social networks.“For more than 12 hours the political prisoners carried out a protest from the building of gallery 16 to the maximum-security cells, demanding freedom. Today we have seen these young men break the security of this dictatorial regime,” says the political prisoner, Yubrank Suazo, in a video that went viral on social networks.
Read MoreReaching consensus on international guarantors has become a new obstacle at the negotiating table between the regime of Daniel Ortega and the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, with which they seek to overcome the crisis that broke out last April and has left hundreds dead and detained, according to the Crisis Group.
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