The 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.
Read MoreDuring the cold war Latin American gorillas murdered, disappeared and imprisoned -in the name of anti-communism- citizens subjugated under their boots. Now the leaders of the left massacre us in the name of socialism and anti-imperialism because the people must be punished when they are so stupid as not to recognize what benefits them and when they spit the hands of their liberators.
Read MoreAs most Nicaraguans know, in 2018 our lives changed drastically; despite gaining in courage and indignation, we lost our freedom. That sentiment of national sorrow for the deaths and the political prisoners keeps us in a state of collective mourning. Added to that grief, I left the country in June. But let me first tell you about my childhood relationship with mental health.
Read MorePrivate sector sources informed Confidencial that all government efforts to negotiate an economic agreement with business executives, outside of a national political agreement, have failed. The position of the business groups remains the same: no dialogue on the economic situation until there is a national political agreement leading to early elections.”
Read MoreThe confession of Nicaragua’s National Police Chief Francisco Diaz to the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, about how the Ortega regime’s paramilitary forces operate, has made it clear that there is a responsibility from the highest level of the police institution in leading these repressive forces.
Read MoreA detailed analysis of the arsenal used by the army of the Ortega regime’s paramilitary forces against the population in Nicaragua during the civic rebellion demonstrates the deployment and use of at least seven types of war weapons, and also suggests that the unit of Tactics and Weapons Police of Intervention and Rescue (TAPIR) was involved in the massacre.
Read MoreEnrique Krauze is excited to talk about Nicaragua. He states that it touches on a topic that was “very important” in his life because, he says, he openly supported the Sandinista Popular Revolution, the guerrilla movement widely supported by society that ended in July 1979 with the tyranny of the bloody Somoza legacy.
Read MoreTo followers of Daniel Ortega, Roberto Cruz became a traitor. And that’s a crime that party loyalists know you pay for in spades. Roberto knew this too, but, even so, he was willing to pay for his rebellion by going to jail. He’d always been a Sandinista. Even a month before they arrested him, he’d remarked to his wife: “[Daniel Ortega] could have left office as Nicaragua’s best president.”
Read MoreUnder the expressed orders of Daniel Ortega, the Nicaraguan Police used officers with experience in criminal investigation to “make a file” on the leaders of the students’ protests, peaceful demonstrations and barricades/roadblocks in the country. With that information the order was to detain them in their homes or directly “eliminate them,” says a former Police lieutenant.
Read MoreThree major political movements defined the extended Nicaraguan 20th century: anti-imperialism, anti-dictatorial struggles, and indigenous, Afro-descendent and campesino resistance to the formation of the national mestizo state. The political legacy of these great movements defines today the character and influence of civic struggles for democracy and sovereignty…
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