Since the state repression began in April, Nicaraguan artists have made known their support for the repressed population through songs and statements. The Milly Majuc Band has gone further and has supported it in different ways: playing at sit-ins, dedicating songs for those murdered by the Daniel Ortega regime and recently joined the consumer boycott called for on social networks.
Read More“In the reform to the crime of terrorism, any action can be considered terrorism. It does not give you guidelines for the crime and citizens do not have legal rights vis-à-vis the judge or the Public Ministry (Prosecutor’s Office).”
Read MoreWith a frown of concern, Socorro Corrales invites us to quickly enter the house. “Come in! Come in! In front lives a “toad”—says the anguished old lady referring to a supporter of the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega—this persecution is horrible…on Saturday the police officers entered like animals and took them away.”
Read MoreUndoubtedly, one of the most promising events in the struggle against this genocidal regime took place on October 4th, with the signing of the Blue and White National Unity Manifesto. The demand of unity was expressed from different sectors of our society and was an imperative to take a qualitative step in the struggle for freedom.
Read MoreThe formation of a Blue and White National Unity movement (Unidad Nacional Azul y Blanco) with representation from the majority of the social and political sectors that actively oppose the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship, is a great historic event due to its broad political agreement without ideological discrimination or sectarianism.
Read MoreEver since the uprising began in Nicaragua, on April 18, 2008, there have been two dominant explanations as to how the series of events transpired. Let’s call them the primary theory and the conspiracy theory. As a direct witness to events transpiring in Nicaragua…
Read MoreThe majestic island of Ometepe, located in the Lake of Nicaragua, was known as an “Oasis of Peace” but now, the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have managed to transform it into an “Island of Terror”.
Read MoreMatt Andres Romero, 16 years old, and Alvaro Conrado, 15 years old, were in the same grade but in different schools of Managua: tenth grade of high school. Both were joined by the Ortega regime in a list of 29 children and teenagers killed until now, in more than five months of civic protests.
Read MoreIt seemed that nothing could stop her. She got up from her chair, took the microphone and raised her voice. “We have the right to live. Without life, we have nothing. I’m grieving for Nicaragua,” she said brusquely. Many applauded, others yelled; with more assurance, she continued talking. That was her moment, and no one could silence her.
Read MoreThree left-wing parties, with representation in the Dutch Parliament, warned Sandinista legislators that they are in “danger of becoming a great shame” to the world, because of their silence and permissiveness towards the repression by the Ortega regime against the Nicaraguan people.
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