Some 85% of the large business sector heeded the call for a National Work Stoppage on Friday put out by the Civic Alliance and backed by the Superior Council of Private Business (COSEP), the American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham), and the Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development (Funides).
Read MoreOver 80% of Nicaraguans support “moving up” the 2021 presidential election and 62% disapprove of Daniel Ortega performance as president in the face of the crisis that broke out more than four months ago, according to a survey published Friday in Managua
Read MoreOver the last three weeks, I’ve been able to confirm with my own eyes the true dimension of what’s happening in Nicaragua. It’s a lot more terrible than what we see on the news. I’ve seen the sorrow in the eyes of former guerrilla fighters who’ve had to watch yet another dictator steal the revolutionary dream and betray its most basic principles.
Read MoreThe small business leader and dentist Irlanda Jerez has been for 54 days in an eight by four meters’ cell, in the “La Esperanza” women’s prison along with nine other prisoners of the Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo regime. Despite the hardships, the spirit of this leader remains “unbreakable”, according to her relatives.
Read MoreNicaraguan president Daniel Ortega’s abuses have been widely condemned by international human rights organizations including the OAS and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. One place where they viewed the government’s new downward spiral as “more of the same” was Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast region. Let me explain why.
Read MoreIn addition to the hundreds of dead, the repression from Daniel Ortega’s regime has left innumerable cases of abductions, disappearances and tortures. The testimonies of Ricardo Gutierrez, Xavier Mojica and “Karla” offer clear examples of the scope of the human rights violations and the vulnerability of the entire Nicaraguan population.
Read MoreTaking innocent citizens to trial and sentencing them for crimes committed by the government’s thugs is further proof of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship’s guilt. Judges and magistrates are merciless tools of the dictatorship’s excesses when it comes to “justice”.
Read MoreThe Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy called for a 24-hour national strike on Friday, September 7, to demand the release of the hundreds of political prisoners being held by the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, and the reinstallation of the National Dialogue that’s been suspended for over two months in Nicaragua.
Read MoreNicaraguan president Daniel Ortega denies that he has quashed the protests through repression, doesn’t feel responsible for those who died in the streets in the last four-plus months, and blames the United States and drug traffickers for financing, supporting and arming violent groups.
Read MoreThe following is for our readers who may support the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo in its effort to squash the civic rebellion in Nicaragua but who are unable to read (in Spanish) the daily noon time speeches of Murillo. In this segment of her speech on Monday the vice president had the following to say…
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