A group of Nicaraguans in the United States began a campaign to demand US investment firms to stop administering the Nicaraguan Army´s pension fund, which they say “provided war weapons to irregular armed forces and, in many cases, have joined these irregular forces in killing civilians.”
Read MoreEvery time she looks at the photo of her only three sons, crowded into the back of a Police pick-up truck, Juana de la Rosa Lesage Guadamuz begins to cry. She cries because her boys are still prisoners. She cries because she misses them. She cries because she recalls the morning of July 11 when they were taken away.
Read MoreThe first meeting of Nicaraguan leaders abroad, in which some of those forced into exile because of Ortega’s repression will participate, takes place this weekend in the United States, with the participation of academic and researcher Felix Maradiaga, human rights defender Alvaro Leiva and university leader Lesther Aleman.
Read MoreI’m writing in the name of many people who are grateful for Gioconda Belli’s article “The struggle that lies before us” that was published in Havana Times on November 5th: It’s a courageous post that touches a sore point in this issue of unity that concerns many of us.
Read MoreNicaragua’s Permanent Commission of Human Rights (CPDH) estimates the number of political prisoners of the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo to be over 600, with many accused under fabricated crimes linked to terrorism.
Read MoreEach day during the month of October, Nicaraguan cartoonist Pedro X. Molina drew a portrait of one of the persons who were killed since the protests against the government began in April. He did this as part of the worldwide initiative Inktober created by US illustrator Jake Parker, in which illustrators from all over the world created pen and ink drawings to return to “the origins of design”.
Read MoreAmong the US allies who voted in the UN against the blockade, are the 21 countries that in the OAS condemned the Ortega dictatorship and supported our people. The votes in favor of Cuba, was because the blockade violates international law and the votes against the Ortega dictatorship because it violates the human rights of the Nicaraguan people.
Read MoreIn another of the ongoing circus trials in the Nicaragua of Daniel Ortega, Sandinista Party judge Carlos Alberto López Cano convicted psychologist Roger Martínez on Tuesday of the crimes of manufacturing, trafficking, possession and use of restricted weapons, restricted substances or devices to the detriment of the State of Nicaragua, reported 100% Noticias.
Read MoreNicaraguan singer-songwriter Katia Cardenal made a public appeal to Nicaraguan Police officers to do some heart-searching, in the midst of the country’s socio-political crisis that has left hundreds of dead since April.
Read MoreThe Dominican designer Cenia Paredes, owner of the Cenia New York label, declined to participate in the fashion event known as “Nicaragua Designs”, organized by Camila Ortega, daughter of President Daniel Ortega. Paredes’ stated reason was that she “doesn’t approve of the violence, or of any type or form of government repression anywhere.”
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