The aggressive attack launched by the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry against the OAS’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, has meant a declaration of war against this institution, whose report about the grave human rights violations in Nicaragua is being backed by 21 countries on the continent.
Read MoreOn July 16th, after ninety days of a brutal and systematic repression against the “self-convoked” citizen protest—which has generated the most serious crisis of governability suffered by Nicaragua in recent decades—, Daniel Ortega’s regime approved a new Prevention of Money Laundering Law, also known as “Ortega’s Anti-Terrorism Law”.
Read MoreAlthough the “circulation” of vehicles and people has increased little by little, the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IACHR) of the OAS maintains that in Nicaragua there is no “normality,” as the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo proclaims.
Read MoreDaniel Ortega, the autocrat that promised to end presidential hegemony in Nicaragua, built the most autocratic regime in the history of the country, even outbidding Somoza’s concentration of power through his state-party-family scheme.
Read MoreMedardo 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.
Read MoreGerman journalist Sandra Weiss was detained and assaulted by armed land-invaders on August 10th, when she went to report on the situation at the “Chinandega Maracuya Company (Chimaco)” Project, owned by a Swiss Company and the Coen Group, located in Chinandega, Nicaragua.
Read MoreThe Government of Costa Rica condemned the violent demonstrations, speeches and the calls of hatred against Nicaraguans in their country, which it said do not correspond to the Costa Rican way of being.
Read MoreThe 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?
Read MoreNicaraguan 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.”
Read MoreEdwin Roman is a civic hero for people from Masaya. He asks: “How is it that a government that calls itself Christian is killing its own people, and is against their rights as citizens?
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