In the face of great challenges, those of us who are democrats need to develop realistic solutions that reflect the enormity of the dangers and don’t assume that the politicians “of the new era” are going to be paragons of kindness, honesty and integrity.
Read MoreThe authorities of the Nicaraguan Penitentiary System explicitly banned exercise for the imprisoned veteran marathon runner Alex Vanegas, famous for running in the streets in protest against President Daniel Ortega, his legal representative, María Oviedo, denounced on Wednesday.
Read MoreStelios Kouloglou, the Greek deputy from the Radical Leftist Coalition (Syriza) of the European Parliament, declared that Daniel Ortega’s government in Nicaragua could not be considered socialist, because it “doesn’t have any ideological framework”.
Read MoreThe Council of the Socialist International informed on Tuesday that it has expelled the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), the governing party of Nicaragua controlled by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, who call their government Socialist, Christian and in Solidarity.
Read MoreLast April 16, the head of the Nicaraguan Institute of Social Security (INSS), Roberto Lopez, announced the Ortega government’s unilateral decision to impose several unpopular reforms to the country’s pension system, which served as a trigger for a crisis that had been accumulating for years. Those reforms were retracted five days later. As of this week, they are back…
Read MorePopular Columbian musician Carlos Vives cancelled his scheduled Managua concert aimed at “raising money” for the National Zoo. The WK Entertainment Agency that manages Vives’ shows and the Premier Productions Company, which organized the event, informed the public on Monday of the cancellation via a press release. The show had been scheduled for March 23.
Read MoreNicaraguan journalist Miguel Mora and Spanish MEP Ramon Jauregui Atondo spoke for half an hour in a cell of the El Chipote prison in Managua. The talk was considered by the European MP as “moving.” The case of the journalist drew the attention of a mission of the European Parliament, which was in Nicaragua last week to learn in situ what happened in the country since last April.
Read MoreA group of female political prisoners of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship has promised resistance from the “La Esperanza” (Hope) women’s prison, where some of them have already been convicted and others, like Irlanda Jerez, have been waiting for a hearing for seven months.
Read MoreThis past Friday, January 25, Nicaragua’s Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH) denounced the fact that more than a hundred of the protesters being held prisoner in Nicaragua have been victims of “theft” and “cruel treatment” on the part of their guards.
Read MoreA mission of European Parliament members (MEPs) concluded their fact-finding visit to Nicaragua on Saturday afternoon by holding a press conference. They ruled out the Ortega government’s central argument that a coup attempt had occurred,, declaring that thesis “speculative and partisan,” as well as “not supported by any evidence.”
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