After almost six months of mission and constant reports of abuse in jail cells, the mechanism of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) has not been able to corroborate the state of physical and psychological health of the inmates, who are accused of alleged crimes of “coup promoting and terrorism” for participating in civic protests and demanding justice and early elections.
Read MoreWhat does the April Movement in Nicaragua and the events it set off resemble? It resembles the 1968 Movement in Mexico and its culmination in the Tlatelolco massacre. Two social movements, two massacres: Mexico 1968, Nicaragua 2018. There are coincidences in what the university students were demanding and how they did things…
Read MoreThis situation could be defined much more easily if we had the humility to simply face the fact that a forceful civic struggle like the one carried out over these past 6 months in Nicaragua must now reconsider how best to confront a ferocious repression.
Read MoreIn her farewell speech, the now former US Ambassador in Nicaragua, Laura Dogu, warned of the risk for the reputation of companies due to the political crisis, caused by Ortega’s massacre against citizens’ protests. “In today’s global economy, companies cannot afford to take on reputational risks. I have already seen campaigns in the United States asking companies why they are buying products from Nicaragua,” she said.
Read MoreSince Daniel Ortega unleashed a brutal repression against the demonstrations demanding the end of his term, after eleven years of authoritarian rule, more than 30,000 Nicaraguans have fled to Costa Rica, confirmed immigration authorities in that neighboring country.
Read MoreOrtega has been defeated. It’s a strategic defeat, one that’s clearly evident. But it’s a defeat that’s fundamentally occurring in the field of foreign diplomacy, due to Ortega’s own mistakes. However, while his continued rule may be unviable, there’s no national opponent that can claim the victory over the dictatorship.
Read MoreMax Cruz Gutierrez was the victim of six bullets on October 8th. “The riot police and the paramilitaries shot him in his house”, in front of his wife Marvis Salazar and his two children. “They did it because he was one of the organizers of the protest marches on Ometepe Island”, said one of the victim’s relatives.
Read MoreThe authorities of “La Esperanza” (Hope) prison prevented a delegation from the Special Monitoring Mechanism for Nicaragua (MESENI, for its Spanish acronym) from verifying the physical condition of 17 women political prisoners who denounced that they were beaten on Friday, October 26, by dozens of men dressed in black inside the prison.
Read MoreA lot of people cried the day they arrested Byron Estrada in Leon. The radio stations were deluged with calls. Hundreds of people protested outside the police station, burning tires and shouting slogans. Fearing that the people might barricade the city once again, the paramilitary forces surrounded the area.
Read More“The order of the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommunications and Postal Services (TELCOR) to broadcast the programming of the government’s Channel 6 on Channel 15, a relay channel of 100% Noticias, has the purpose to besiege and violate freedom of the press,” asserted Miguel Mora, Director of this news outlet, who denounced through social networks the directive of this regulatory entity.
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