Ever since 1998, when Rosario Murillo chose to defend her powerful husband – accused by her daughter and his stepdaughter of 19 years of rape and sexual abuse-, she’s had her gaze fixed on power. Even 20 years ago, she knew that if the FSLN and Daniel Ortega managed to get back into the presidency the road would be paved for her to come next. And it happened… (98 photos)
Read MoreTwelve hours after he was kidnapped and the sudden closure of his television channel, the Director of “100% Noticias”, Miguel Mora, was presented by the National Police in a Managua courtroom. He is facing an “express” legal process in which he is accused of “fomenting hate and violence,” actions that are “framed in the penal category of: provocation, proposition and conspiracy to commit terrorist’s acts.”
Read More“How many more must die? How many more things must happen? How much more must be lost? Will we all suffer?” The political prisoners ask these agonizing questions in a letter addressed to Nicaragua’s private business council, COSEP.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, December 19, groups of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Costa Rica tried to deliver a statement to the Nicaraguan Embassies of their respective countries denouncing the harassment of media and journalists in the Central American country.
Read MoreThe Government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo committed “crimes against humanity” during the repression of the civic protests, says the final report of the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), which at the same time recommends investigating President Ortega and the Directors, Deputy Directors and department chiefs of the National Police, as well as other officials, for their responsibility in the acts of violence.
Read More“You know you’re lying,” Vilma Nunez told the National Police the day after they accused her and Gonzalo Carrion, legal advisor for the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh), of manipulating and bribing the survivors of the fire that killed six members of a family in a Managua neighborhood.
Read MoreNicaraguan Police, under the orders of commander Daniel Ortega, arrived Friday night at the 100% Noticias TV facilities in Managua, broke in, destroyed the equipment and kidnapped the directors Miguel Mora and Veronica Chávez, as well as the press chief, Lucia Pineda.
Read MoreCensorship leaves citizens blind and at the mercy of their rulers. The recent assaults of President Daniel Ortega against the communications media represented by Confidencial and Esta Semana are a deliberate attack on freedom of the press and freedom of expression.
Read MoreWith Trump’s signature the legislation takes effect, which will bring individual sanctions for the Ortega/Murillo regime’s representatives, as well as conditioning loans to the Government by international financial institutions such as the World Bank (WB), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Read MoreThis week’s expulsion of human rights observers and the crackdown on media in Nicaragua puts the country’s civil society at serious risk, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet warned Friday. “There are now virtually no functioning independent human rights bodies left in Nicaragua,” noted Bachelet in a statement that was issued in Geneva.
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