The rustic wooden cross enters in a silent procession, in the hands of the altar boy. Excited, people hold their breath and then break into applause. Some cry when they see the priest’s silhouette. He’s back. “This applause is for Christ and for Nicaragua,” says Father Edwin Roman from the altar of the humble San Miguel church in Masaya.
Read MoreThe Organization of American States will meet this Tuesday, July 31st to discuss a new resolution regarding the situation in Nicaragua including the creation a follow-up group on the national crisis. If the necessary support for passage is obtained, it will be submitted to a vote the next day – Wednesday, August 1.
Read MoreNicaraguan President Daniel Ortega today blamed the United States for the crisis his country has been facing since last April and reiterated that he will not abandon power or hold early elections as the opposition demands.
Read More“Here I am…, sadly entrenched in my easel”, says M. Victor, a Nicaraguan artist whose routine of drawing portraits has radically changed since the protests started last April 18th. He stopped doing portraits of happy people to instead portray “the rawness” of the repression Nicaraguans are living.
Read MoreDr. Rosario Pereira was ordered to leave the Oscar Danilo Rosales Arguello Teaching Hospital (HEODRA) in Leon immediately after Judith Lejarza Vargas, the director of this hospital complex, delivered her termination letter. Three security guards compelled the doctor to leave the building…
Read MoreDaniel Ortega’s government of Nicaragua could face in the coming days the creation of a “special commission” within the Organization of American States (OAS) or the freezing of loans from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), diplomatic sources informed.
Read MoreThe artistic protest gathering was originally scheduled for the Rubenia underpass, but due to a police siege involving at least 40 agents, the organizers decided to take the activity to another place. Beginning at one in the afternoon, hundreds enjoyed a musical presentation with the participation of singers like Gaby Baca, Mario Ruiz, Carlos and Luis Mejia Godoy, and other
Read MoreThousands of Catholic parishioners and government opponents took to the streets of Managua today in support of the bishops who mediate the currently suspended national dialogue and in demand for justice and democracy in the country. Not far away government officials held a simultaneous counter march in support of President Daniel Ortega.
Read MoreGeneral (R) Humberto Ortega, former head of the Nicaraguan Army and brother of President Daniel Ortega, urged the government and the military institution to disarm the paramilitary forces that “have caused terror and death” in the country.
Read MoreAt least ten doctors, twelve nurses and 13 medical staff employees at the Oscar Danilo Rosales Arguello School Hospital (Heodra), in Leon, were arbitrarily fired by Judith Lejarza Vargas, the hospital’s director, who admitted that the dismissals were for “political” reasons.
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