Isamar Javiera Molina Medrano, 24, hoped to go into marketing, but the repression unleashed by Ortega repression beginning last April 18th ended her dream. Later, having raised her voice against the dictatorship forced her into exile in Costa Rica.
Read MoreAmid the flying bullets of several police attacks in Matagalpa, the voices of young people calling for Nelly Roque could be heard. They always tried to make sure she was okay, because she was one of the few women at the barricades. Also, she always carried her camera, so that she could document the brutal police and paramilitary repression that they were suffering.
Read MoreLike so many in my generation, I was marked by the military coup in Chile (1973) with the direct involvement of the CIA. We rebelled against the military dictatorships of the Southern Cone and Central America in the seventies and eighties, full of illusions and collaborating with the Sandinista Revolution.
Read MoreEach day that passes without the country reaching a political agreement, the economy becomes more depressed. Each dollar that leaves the banks, each million dollars not invested, each loan that is not approved, and each job that is lost, confirm that without a political solution the nation will plunge in an economic debacle.
Read More“We were able to determine beyond a doubt that the FSLN was violating the human rights of Nicaraguan citizens, and even of journalists,” said Zamora during an interview with Carlos F. Chamorro on the television news program Esta Noche. “We’ve witnessed the testimony of the exiles, who recounted their experiences,” he stated.
Read MoreIn the face of great challenges, those of us who are democrats need to develop realistic solutions that reflect the enormity of the dangers and don’t assume that the politicians “of the new era” are going to be paragons of kindness, honesty and integrity.
Read MoreThe authorities of the Nicaraguan Penitentiary System explicitly banned exercise for the imprisoned veteran marathon runner Alex Vanegas, famous for running in the streets in protest against President Daniel Ortega, his legal representative, María Oviedo, denounced on Wednesday.
Read MoreStelios Kouloglou, the Greek deputy from the Radical Leftist Coalition (Syriza) of the European Parliament, declared that Daniel Ortega’s government in Nicaragua could not be considered socialist, because it “doesn’t have any ideological framework”.
Read MoreThe Council of the Socialist International informed on Tuesday that it has expelled the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), the governing party of Nicaragua controlled by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, who call their government Socialist, Christian and in Solidarity.
Read MoreLast April 16, the head of the Nicaraguan Institute of Social Security (INSS), Roberto Lopez, announced the Ortega government’s unilateral decision to impose several unpopular reforms to the country’s pension system, which served as a trigger for a crisis that had been accumulating for years. Those reforms were retracted five days later. As of this week, they are back…
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