Nicaragua

Rural Leader Medardo Mairena’s Hell

Medardo Mairena is confined to “El Infiernillo” [“Little Hell”], a maximum security prison within the penitentiary known as El Modelo in Tipitapa, near the capital. Pedro Mena and Silvio Pineda are also in this hellhole, political prisoners of the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.

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Nicaragua: The Cost of Ending a Tyranny

The actual unknown is if any of the functionaries that surround Ortega have noticed that the entire country, Ortega loyalists and opponents alike, is heading towards a precipice with no distinction for political sympathies. Perhaps some know it and don’t dare to say it. Who will tell the King he’s naked?

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Journalists in Nicaragua Under Serious Threats

Nicaraguan reporter Yilber Idiaquez received a death threat when paramilitaries attacked barricades in the city of Masaya, a month ago. However, he was even more startled this week when he found his face and name in an anonymous Facebook post above the words: “Murderer, terrorist! Reward: $5,000 USD.”

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Nicaragua: Trial of Political Prisoners Continues Behind Closed Doors

The initial hearing in the trial of Medardo Mairena, Pedro Mena and Silvio Pineda, leaders of the Peasant Movement, accused of murdering four police officers—among other crimes—in Morrito, Rio San Juan, took place amid the rejection of thousands of Nicaraguans who marched in various cities to protest the illegal detentions and judicial process against opponents to the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.

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Government Discredits and Refuses Access to OAS Working Group

Daniel Ortega’s Government has declared the presence of a Working Group for Nicaragua created by the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) “unacceptable”, which they called “interventionist” and went on to say that they wouldn’t open their doors to let them follow the crisis that has gripped the country, the bloodiest since the ‘80s.

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