Presidents Juan Carlos Varela of Panama and Carlos Alvarado of Costa Rica called for dialogue as the way to overcome the crisis that has engulfed Nicaragua since last April. Meeting on February 20, the two heads of state also spoke of the need to investigate the hundreds of deaths that have resulted from the socio-political crisis.
Read MoreAmong the 767 political prisoners of the dictatorship, more than 30 are university students who in April 2018 left the classrooms to take to the streets, in protests against the arbitrary acts of the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
Read More“We have clearly verified that you turned your back on the ideals for which we supported you in the past,” state a long list of Belgians who have been supporting the Sandinistas and the people of Nicaragua for decades. They wrote an open letter to President Daniel Ortega which we publish here.
Read MoreOne of the most notable people who expressed rejection of Managua Mayor Reyna Rueda’s presence in San Jose was former Costa Rican president Laura Chinchilla. She wrote on Twitter “let it be clear: we don’t want any of the collaborators of the oppressive Ortega-Murillo regime in our country.”
Read MoreOn 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.
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