In another of the ongoing circus trials in the Nicaragua of Daniel Ortega, Sandinista Party judge Carlos Alberto López Cano convicted psychologist Roger Martínez on Tuesday of the crimes of manufacturing, trafficking, possession and use of restricted weapons, restricted substances or devices to the detriment of the State of Nicaragua, reported 100% Noticias.
Read MoreNicaraguan singer-songwriter Katia Cardenal made a public appeal to Nicaraguan Police officers to do some heart-searching, in the midst of the country’s socio-political crisis that has left hundreds of dead since April.
Read MoreThe Dominican designer Cenia Paredes, owner of the Cenia New York label, declined to participate in the fashion event known as “Nicaragua Designs”, organized by Camila Ortega, daughter of President Daniel Ortega. Paredes’ stated reason was that she “doesn’t approve of the violence, or of any type or form of government repression anywhere.”
Read MoreAfter almost six months of mission and constant reports of abuse in jail cells, the mechanism of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) has not been able to corroborate the state of physical and psychological health of the inmates, who are accused of alleged crimes of “coup promoting and terrorism” for participating in civic protests and demanding justice and early elections.
Read MoreWhat does the April Movement in Nicaragua and the events it set off resemble? It resembles the 1968 Movement in Mexico and its culmination in the Tlatelolco massacre. Two social movements, two massacres: Mexico 1968, Nicaragua 2018. There are coincidences in what the university students were demanding and how they did things…
Read MoreThis situation could be defined much more easily if we had the humility to simply face the fact that a forceful civic struggle like the one carried out over these past 6 months in Nicaragua must now reconsider how best to confront a ferocious repression.
Read MoreIn her farewell speech, the now former US Ambassador in Nicaragua, Laura Dogu, warned of the risk for the reputation of companies due to the political crisis, caused by Ortega’s massacre against citizens’ protests. “In today’s global economy, companies cannot afford to take on reputational risks. I have already seen campaigns in the United States asking companies why they are buying products from Nicaragua,” she said.
Read MoreSince Daniel Ortega unleashed a brutal repression against the demonstrations demanding the end of his term, after eleven years of authoritarian rule, more than 30,000 Nicaraguans have fled to Costa Rica, confirmed immigration authorities in that neighboring country.
Read MoreOrtega has been defeated. It’s a strategic defeat, one that’s clearly evident. But it’s a defeat that’s fundamentally occurring in the field of foreign diplomacy, due to Ortega’s own mistakes. However, while his continued rule may be unviable, there’s no national opponent that can claim the victory over the dictatorship.
Read MoreMax Cruz Gutierrez was the victim of six bullets on October 8th. “The riot police and the paramilitaries shot him in his house”, in front of his wife Marvis Salazar and his two children. “They did it because he was one of the organizers of the protest marches on Ometepe Island”, said one of the victim’s relatives.
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