Some twenty persons imprisoned for participating in protests against the Government of Nicaragua announced Thursday an indefinite hunger strike, while almost a thousand protesters again took to the streets of Managua to demand “justice” and “freedom for the hundreds of political prisoners.”
Read MoreThe final report to date of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) will be brought before the UN Security Council on September 5th. It details the use of “lethal force” on the part of Daniel Ortega’s government and the paramilitary groups, directed against the “non-lethal threats” of the Nicaraguans who rose in protest.
Read MoreA student group in Nicaragua, which forms part of the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, called upon the country’s private sector today to immediately call for a general strike, as well as accusing them of being “accomplices” of Daniel Ortega’s Government.”
Read MorePresident Daniel Ortega announced Wednesday that he would ask the Costa Rican government for a list of Nicaraguans requesting asylum in the neighboring country. He stated the objective is to “inform” the Costa Rican authorities which citizens have criminal accusations pending in Nicaragua.
Read MoreDaniel Ortega’s regime has unleashed a witch-hunt, targeting people who have participated in the demonstrations demanding an end to his dictatorship. The round-up has concentrated principally on university students who since April have been demanding that the government leave power.
Read MoreAs a result of recent protests in Venezuela and Nicaragua, we have seen that these governments (like many others) are willing to do whatever they need to in order to hold onto power. They are not afraid to repress and kill like any of the dictatorships that ravaged South America over the past two centuries did. Does anyone really think this would be any different in Cuba?
Read MoreThe UN today called for urgent measures to address the human rights crisis in Nicaragua, where it denounced “repression and reprisals” against protesters who have protested against the government of President Daniel Ortega since April.
Read MoreJudge Ernesto Rodríguez, ruled that two young men, Brandon Lovo and Glen Slate, were guilty of the assassination of Bluefields journalist Angel Gahona. Gahona was killed on April 21st in Bluefields as he covered the initial protests against reforms to Nicaragua’s Social Security system. Both the wife and family of Gahona maintain that the two young men were not involved.
Read MoreRegardless of all the pressures, attacks, threats and blackmail, independent journalism will survive, because it is providing the kind of information demanded by the population in the worst crisis of the Ortega dictatorship: truthfulness, verifying different sources and professionalism.
Read MoreA negotiation or political dialogue between excluding positions is never a process to reach agreements. In an alliance you seek to be in agreement, in a political negotiation you do not. A negotiation defines the limits of the reciprocal interests confronted, in a contradictory and changing reality…
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