It 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.
Read MoreWhy does a government that has more than 20,000 guardians of (dis)order—between the Police and the military—and several thousand paramilitaries need to detain with an excessive use of force, as if it were Osama Bin Laden resurrected, a 78-year-old lady that was doing nothing more than providing water to participants in the protest demonstrations?
Read MoreOpposition activist and environmental lawyer Monica Lopez Baltodano left Nicaragua and went into exile in Costa Rica after receiving death threats from the government of Daniel Ortega, she announced today in a video broadcast through social networks.
Read MoreAccording to Nicaraguan advocates, the human rights situation in the country is the worst that it’s been for the past thirty years. A review conducted by Confidencial shows that of the thirty articles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, at least 18 have been repeatedly violated by the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
Read MoreAt least eight people suspected of participating in opposition demonstrations were arrested over the weekend in police operations executed on the island of Ometepe, once considered an oasis of peace and growing tourist destination, and Masaya the former capital of Nicaraguan arts & crafts.
Read MoreNicaragua has become an unsafe country for any citizen who protests and makes use of the right to free expression. Athletes who have represented Nicaragua and won medals in important international competitions are now victims of harassment, threats and physical aggression.
Read MoreUniversity leader Edwin Carcache Davile prayed an Our Father and a Hail Mary. The cameras of the official media outlets focused on him all the time. Although guarded by several officers armed with AK47, he was not intimidated, and neither were the rest of the accused in the courtroom. They sang the National Anthem and at the end Carcache cried out a “be strong Nicaragua.”
Read MoreNicaragua’s April uprising, largely spearheaded by university students, can be understood by comparing it to past student protests against the first two Somozas. As befits any historical comparison, there are differences that come to the fore.
Read MoreXiamara Diaz juggles her resources in order to keep afloat her restaurant, the Garden Café, located in Granada. This city, the colonial jewel of Nicaragua, has suffered a severe economic blow due to the political crisis. Diaz has had to adjust to the new reality of a country that’s no longer receiving foreign tourists, and in addition has seen a downturn in local consumption.
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