In an almost unheard-of unanimous vote in these time of polarization, the US House of Representatives voted 435-0 to approve the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (Nica Act), now one step away from becoming law. All that’s missing is the signature of President Donald Trump, expected to come in the coming days, if not hours, for the sanctions come into force.
Read MoreIf Olesia Munoz weren’t shut up in the La Esperanza women’s prison, together with a dozen other political prisoners, her soprano voice would be resonating in her native city of Niquinohomo, as part of the Nicaraguan celebration known as La Purisima. Her sister, Tania, would be selling bread, as she did before, from a stall in the town market. But both are in jail, accused of terrorism.
Read MoreThe Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) will receive on December 12th the third report of the Working Group formed by that organization to mediate the social and political crisis in Nicaragua. There job has been hampered because the regime of Daniel Ortega has not allowed them to enter to the country.
Read MoreOne day after maintaining its ban on all civic protest in Nicaragua, the first lady, vice president and coordinator and spokesperson for the government of her husband, Daniel Ortega, held a commemoration related to International Human Rights Day celebrated around the globe on December 10th.
Read MoreEntrepreneurs from Nicaragua’s private sector will hold an important assembly next Wednesday, December 12th in Managua. The executives are expected to present a message to the nation including their analysis of the current economic reality, and address the dire consequences of maintaining the status quo.
Read MoreWe know that the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship is not sustainable because it relies only on armed violence. It has imposed an undeclared State of Siege and Martial Law, turning Nicaragua into a sort of occupied country. That is why we also know that they will have to leave power, but we have no certainty of when or how.
Read MoreHuman rights organizations in Nicaragua asked the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IAHRC) to include Daniel Ortega’s Government on a list of countries that most fail to comply with international and national standards in human rights matters. It has to do with the inclusion of a country in Chapter IV of its annual report on the serious violations.
Read MoreThe OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, denounced on Friday the alleged participation of Cuban citizens in the violation of human rights in Venezuela and Nicaragua. Almagro delivered the opening address of a conference on human rights in Cuba at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington.
Read MoreCosta Rican immigration authorities reported to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that through September some 52,000 Nicraguans had entered the country, as they flee persecution and the crisis in their country. By December, the number has continued to rise and includes scores of doctors and teachers dismissed from their jobs.
Read More“The passivity of your institution given the significance of the violent presence of irregular armed groups in the country, groups that have practically acted as an occupation force, surprised the country, since clearly you should be bound by the dictates of the Constitution,” the letter notes.
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