Before the more recent months acting as a false witness, Captain “Leonardo” was ordered to repress the citizenry. He knows firsthand how the paramilitaries were recruited and armed. Where did the weapons come from? Many experts pointed out that only the army had access to these weapons. However, our source contributes previously unknown information.
Read MoreCaptain “Leonardo” has had to testify about events he did not witness in ten political trials, in which they condemned as “terrorists” citizens who participated in the protests against the Nicaraguan dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
Read MoreCartoonist Pedro Molina reported being the victim of direct threats from fanatics of the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, something that dozens of independent journalists in Nicaragua have also denounced. He assures that they will not shut him up and that the commitment he has, together with his colleagues who work from the underground or in exile, is growing every day.
Read More“It is fundamental that the international community does not take its eyes from Nicaragua”, since, “when you have crimes against humanity, (we) must intervene so that this situation is modified”, explained the Guatemalan lawyer, Claudia Pay y Paz, one of the four members of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI).
Read MoreFollowing five discussion sessions, the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship and the Civic Alliance approved the so-called “roadmap” to begin the political negotiations that could open the doors to finding a solution to the sociopolitical crisis, now in its 11th month. It was triggered by the government repression exerted against widespread civic protests that broke out in April of 2018.
Read MoreOn March 5, the exiled Nicaraguan singer-songwriter Carlos Mejía Godoy was returning to Costa Rica from San Francisco, USA, where he performed in concert with the group “Tierra Fertil”. While on a layover of a couple of hours in Panama, he was received at the Tocumen Airport by a group of Nicaraguan exiles, members of the April 19th Alvaro Conrado Movement in Panama.
Read MoreThe lawyers who’ve taken on the defense of the dictatorship’s prisoners of conscience face their own ordeals, including fabricated crimes and even attempts on their lives. The Permanent Commission for Human Rights (CPDH) in Nicaragua has defended more than 200 of the dictatorship’s 777 prisoners.
Read MoreThe March 3rd regional elections on the Caribbean Coast repeated the same irregularities that have characterized elections during the Ortega era, although on this occasion the regime added one more peculiarity: it militarized all voting centers, according to the civic group “Etica y Transparencia” (ET-Ethics and Transparency), the only independent body that followed up on the vote.
Read MoreCarlos Tünnermann told reporters that he expects the so-called “roadmap” to be finalized and presented to the public on Tuesday. “The roadmap is like the constitution. That there are consensual rules. These are standards that both parties must comply with. We hope that tomorrow we can present it,”
Read MoreIt’s been ten months since the last time that Richard Pavon Bermudez, Carlos Alberto Bonilla, and Alvaro Conrado woke up in the morning. Richard, 17, will never again practice with his school’s rhythm band; the bass drum that Carlos Alberto used to play doesn’t sound anymore; and Alvaro, 15, never got to participate in that track competition he had been preparing for.
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