“The main power that the Civic Alliance has is to get up from the table if Ortega tries to prolong the talks unnecessarily or persists in unacceptable positions in the dialogue,” affirms Luis Carrion, a member of the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) and of the Blue and White Unity coalition, of which the Civic Alliance is part.
Read MoreWe are at the threshold of negotiations between representatives of the Civic Alliance and Daniel Ortega. It is no longer called dialogue. It is important that we analyze the starting point well, to help us glimpse how far we can go.
Read MoreThe Police encircled the demonstration held by a group of students on the campus of the private Central American University (UCA) in Managua. The protest had been restricted to the campus, given the students’ fear of being arrested if they demonstrated on the public roadway. The youth demanded a transparent dialogue and justice for the political prisoners as well as for those murdered during the demonstrations.
Read MoreHernaldo Zuniga knows every detail of the horror that has torn Nicaragua apart since April 2018 and knows that during demonstrations against the dictatorship thousands chanted in the streets of Managua, “They’re going… they’re going to hell forever,” it’s his most political composition, that now is seen as prophetic.
Read MoreAfter three sessions of negotiations in Managua between the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy and the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, there is still no white smoke around the consensus of a “roadmap” to start a dialogue on substantive issues of the sociopolitical crisis, such as early elections.
Read MoreA total of 19 political organizations, eight of them grouped in two alliances, will participate in the 2019 Regional Elections in the two Atlantic Coast autonomous regions of Nicaragua on Sunday March 3. They will elect 45 council members in each region.
Read MoreThe Nicaraguan students have a single representative, sitting at the negotiating table to continue the National Dialogue between the Government of Daniel Ortega and the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy. However, they have very clear demands before the dictatorship: the release of political prisoners, democratization and justice, as they stated during the protests that began in April.
Read MoreAt the end of the second round of negotiations on Thursday, the regime persisted in its close-mindedness. The “arm-wrestling” takes place over the subject of guarantors and mediators. The Government maintains that the crisis is a problem of Nicaraguans and that we must resolve it without international guarantors,” said sources close to the process.
Read MoreIt was not clear if in the “roadmap which would constitute the guidelines for the functioning of the negotiation” are included the preconditions demanded by Nicaraguan society, such as the release of all, and not partially, the over 760 political prisoners, as well as early elections.
Read MoreDespite being surrounded by her family, Ruth Matute Valdivia isn’t completely happy. It’s true that she’s exchanged the hostile environment of the Prison Hospital in La Esperanza jail for the welcoming climate of her home in Monimbo, Masaya; however, she still doesn’t feel free. “This is a temporary arrangement. I won’t be free until I receive my letter of release,” she expressed.
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