In the style of common criminals, Nicaraguan Police agents waited until the loneliness of the late night and early morning to assault with brute force the headquarters of several non-profit NGOs, known for pointing out, denouncing and criticizing the abuses of the Ortega regime. Earlier last week, the same NGOs had their legal status revocked by the National Assembly.
Read MoreOver 600 Nicaraguans exiled in Costa Rica participated this Sunday in the Caravan for freedom and justice that left San Jose for the border with Nicaragua six hours north. Seventeen buses set off shortly after dawn for their protest against the regime of Daniel Ortega. According to Costa Rican immigration, over 50,000 Nicaraguans have fled to the neighboring country since the deadly repression and persecution began.
Read MoreYerling Aguilera and Jessica Cisneros are two of the spokespersons of the Nicaraguan International Solidarity Caravan in Spain. They arrived with a small suitcase and round-trip tickets. The approval of an antiterrorist law and the detention of two prominent activists —merchant leader Irlanda Jerez and the peasant leader Merardo Mairena—, brought them to Madrid so they could apply for political asylum.
Read MoreLess than 24 hours after the violent assault and looting of the newsrooms of the communication media outlets Confidencial and Esta Semana, the Ortega Police have occupied the facilities, ordering the removal of the security guards and installing half a dozen armed policemen inside the building, which was still disorderly and destroyed after the first attack.
Read MoreThe recent cancellation of the legal status of 9 Nicaraguan NGOs* has nothing to do with legality. An NGO like the Center for Human Rights (CENIDH), legally constituted and acting responsibly for 28 years can’t be suddenly annulled from one day to the next.
Read MoreThe pretense given to withdraw the legal status of the Managua based Communication Research Center (CINCO) is the culmination of a long persecution that began a decade ago with the return of Daniel Ortega to power. The following is CINCO’S pronouncement issued on December 13th.
Read MoreSome 400 business leaders met on Wednesday at the headquarters of INCAE in Managua to emphasize that the country continues on a steady course to a debacle, if a political agreement is not reached soon that allows the recovery of governability to then pass on to see how to resolve the economy.
Read MoreNo one in Nicaragua is unaware of the pseudo-mystical treatises of co-dictator Rosario Murillo, occurring at the margins of the political and ideological battles in the media and amid the dictatorship’s repressive actions with their dark consequences.
Read MoreIn a week in which we are commemorating the adoption 70 years ago of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights around the world, the abrupt revocation yesterday by the Nicaraguan National Assembly of the legal status of respected human rights organizations fills us with the greatest concern.
Read MoreHours after ordering the police attack and pillaging against several Nicaraguan non-governmental organizations, Ortega appeared in Havana where he will receive the support of his allies from Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia.
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