On February 18, protests against the regime of Daniel Ortega entered their tenth month. We spoke with four Nicaraguan photographers 30 and under who hit the streets on their own with their cameras. This is what they told us.
Read MoreJudge Edgar Altamirano, head of the Ninth District Penal court in Managua, (one of Daniel Ortega’s loyal and obedient judges assigned to try political prisoners) rescheduled on Tuesday the trial of journalists Miguel Mora and Lucia Pineda Ubau for March 18, 2019.
Read MoreMedardo Mairena, anti-canal peasant leader and member of the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, received a 216-year prison sentence on Monday for opposing the Ortega-Murillo government. Pedro Mena received a 210-year sentence and Orlando Icabalceta, 159 years.
Read MoreNicaraguan business leaders Roberto Zamora, Carlos Pellas, Ramiro Ortiz, Juan B. Sacasa and Jose Antonio Baltodano, all representatives of “big capital”, met with dictator Daniel Ortega on Saturday, February 16th. Their reported objective was “opening the doors to resuming negotiations between the government and the Civic Alliance,
Read MoreA tall, thin man with a resonant voice walks through a room full of Ministry of Education (Mined) employees. He speaks in a menacing tone, and warns those present that no one should be “sabotaging the projects” of the government presided over by Daniel Ortega and his wife and vice president Rosario Murillo.
Read MoreA meeting without previously warning the public, of the dictator Daniel Ortega with “representative” businessmen of the sector (I cannot even imagine the names!) and a Cardinal who constantly falters before the couple at the El Carmen presidencial residence/offcies. For him, the repression of January 1st was not such, but only policemen “guarding” the cathedral of Managua.
Read MoreThe total amount of credits channeled through Albanisa, as of June 2018, is close to 4 billion dollars. In times of the fat cows (good times) they averaged 500 million dollars per year, no strings attached. A liquid capital that Ortega managed to his discretion, as private capital.
Read MoreIf in the end Nicolas Maduro decides to resign as president of Venezuela and flee to a friendly country, the ones most mentioned are Russia, Cuba and Turkey. However, the surprise decision by Russia’s Gazprombank to freeze the accounts of the Venezuelan State Oil Company PDVSA, reported by Reuters on Sunday, may have dropped the top candidate from the list.
Read MoreThe regime of Daniel Ortega held a closed-door meeting with “representative entrepreneurs” from the private sector to “address important issues for the common good” of the country. The news of the meeting was published in the government media on Saturday afternoon.
Read MoreThe European Parliament stepped-up its tone of voice this past week towards the government of Daniel Ortega. It warned that there will be soon be measures and sanctions if Ortega does not free the political prisoners, halt repression and allow the return of human rights organizations.
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