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.
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?
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreDaniel 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.
Read MoreThe 400 political prisoners locked in Nicaragua’s different jails inspired thousands of citizens to go out on the streets of Managua on Wednesday to demand that the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo free them.
Read MoreMeddling; terrorist actions; “distortion” in 1978, or “fake news” in 2018 – the allegations used by the Somoza regime are the same ones that Ortega is now using. That’s the comparison made by educator Carlos Tunnermann, also a member of the Group of Twelve during the struggle against Somoza.
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