The 2019 edition of the International Poetry Festival held annually in Nicaragua was postponed “in the absence of conditions”, as a result of the serious political crisis that the country has been experiencing since April, organizers announced on Sunday, reported dpa news.
Read MoreThe television channel “100% Noticias” (News) reported that its owners, Miguel Mora and Veronica Chavez, were threatened with death by the Nicaraguan Police, who operate under the direct orders of Daniel Ortega. The threat occurred when two officers finished the inspection of the vehicle in which they were travelling and examined their documents.
Read MoreThe police ban to prevent the march organized by feminist movements and the Blue and White National Unity on Sunday, November 25th, when the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women is commemorated, reaffirms the “police state” imposed by the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo since the month of September…
Read MoreMore than seven months after the civic rebellion of thousands of Nicaraguans, Daniel Ortega’s government has used different methods of repression to silence the popular explosion. Among the most serious are the abuses committed against women.
Read MoreMothers of protesters who have been arrested during Nicaragua’s sociopolitical crisis reported that there are at least 610 political prisoners in Nicaragua. The protesters who are imprisoned are considered “terrorists,” “coup mongers” and “common criminals,” by the Government of Nicaragua.
Read MoreThere was a time, the time I come from, when being a Sandinista meant putting your life on the line. It was a time when the FSLN was a clandestine organization, and belonging to it was a secret that only you knew: a time where Somoza proclaimed, “Sandinista seen, Sandinista dead”. Many of our companeros died in those years when the FSLN was being shaped.
Read MoreThe moments that have marked the civic protests that began since April will remain immortalized in the Memory Lane and within the Nicaragua and Central America History Institute (IHNCA in Spanish), of the Central American University (UCA). They are faithful witnesses of the brutal repression perpetrated starting seven months ago by the Government of Daniel Ortega.
Read MoreProbably, many Nicaraguans from younger generations ignore that until a few decades ago most of the Latin American countries were governed by military dictatorships, sustained by a geopolitical concept called “national security doctrine.” Each one of these societies tried to close the wounds provoked by such dictatorships however…
Read More“In this new phase of repression in Nicaragua,” Edison Lanza, Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights notes: “There are no guarantees for journalism. Until that happens, journalists will continue to do their job with a lot of courage, and in a kind of conditional freedom: at any moment they can be attacked or detained.”
Read MoreLigia Gomez: “The truth is, I’m torn between two emotions. First, I feel liberated, because I’m me and I can say what I feel and think, and I can respond to my commitment with society. I studied and I got my education and I’ve dedicated my whole life to working against inequality.”
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