Probably, many Nicaraguans from younger generations ignore that until a few decades ago most of the Latin American countries were governed by military dictatorships, sustained by a geopolitical concept called “national security doctrine.” Each one of these societies tried to close the wounds provoked by such dictatorships however…
Read More“In this new phase of repression in Nicaragua,” Edison Lanza, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights notes: “There are no guarantees for journalism. Until that happens, journalists will continue to do their job with a lot of courage, and in a kind of conditional freedom: at any moment they can be attacked or detained.”
Read MoreLigia Gomez: “The truth is, I’m torn between two emotions. First, I feel liberated, because I’m me and I can say what I feel and think, and I can respond to my commitment with society. I studied and I got my education and I’ve dedicated my whole life to working against inequality.”
Read MoreThe orders that Rosario Murillo, acting as the FSLN’s national chief, sent to her political secretaries in public institutions of Managua during the first days of the April rebellion, reveal the strategy with which the government tried to deal with the social discontent that exploded on April 18th.
Read MoreThe Nicaragua Network of Women against Violence announced today that it will march on November 25 in the capital, Managua, despite the prohibition of any type of protest by the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. The march will be held on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Read More“At this juncture how can I not ask myself if it was worth it to have given over my youth and a large part of my life to a revolution that I saw as the most beautiful thing that could possibly happen to me? The horror of the events that have occurred in Nicaragua since April 18th, when a citizen protest was violently repressed, doesn’t cease to astonish me.
Read MoreThe Mothers of April Association, made up of mothers and relatives of the victims of the police and paramilitary repression of the protests against the Government of Daniel Ortega, demand that those responsible for these deaths be tried for crimes against humanity.
Read MoreThe Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts demanded that before proposing any State policy that seeks “reconciliation,” the Government of Ortega and Rosario Murillo, should implement a “truth process” with the “recognition of responsibilities, the punishment to those accountable before justice, provide reparation of the victims and make the institutional reforms necessary to restore the confidence of citizens in the institutions of the State.”
Read MoreThe Prosecution accused rural leaders Medardo Mairena, Pedro Mena, Luis Pineda Icabalceta and Silvio Saul Pineda of receiving financing from the Nicaraguan organization “Hagamos Democracy” [Let’s make democracy] “to alter the public order at the roadblocks with industrial and hand-crafted arms.”
Read MoreGuatemala “scared” Daniel Ortega. The commander cancelled at the last minute his announced participation in the XXVI Ibero-American Summit, after several Nicaraguan and Guatemalan citizens indicated that they would protest the presence of the dictator at the meeting, which took place in Antigua, Guatemala on November 15-16.
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