Nicaragua

Not Even God Could Stop Them

Over this past horrific weekend, first the God of Wrath that our disoriented leaders pray to had them proclaim peace while causing nine deaths in Carazo alone. Then, to top things off, on Monday July 9th, we witnessed…

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Ortega’s Attack on Bishops in Diriamba, Nicaragua in Photos

After a weekend of bloodshed that left at least 11 people dead, dozens of people injured and disappeared in Carazo, the religious delegation from Managua’s Catholic Church (headed by Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Apostolic Nuncio, Waldemar Stanislaw and Managua’s auxiliary bishop, Silvio Baez) traveled to Diriamba where they were attacked by pro-government mobs and paramilitary groups.

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Nicaragua: Ortega Burns His Last Bridges

On July 7, Daniel Ortega burned the last bridges that offered him the possibility of negotiating an exit from power in gradual steps and of advocating for his party to maintain some influence in the government institutions during a future democratic transition.

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Ortega Banks on Governing Nicaragua Until 2022

President Daniel Ortega rejected in Managua on Saturday moving up the 2021 elections as a way out of the worst political crisis in Nicaragua in the last four decades and harshly criticized his opponents, whom he described as “assassins” and “coup seekers.”

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Nicaragua’s Civic Alliance: 72 Hours of Pressure

The Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy announced the rescheduling of the march “Together We are a Volcano”, for next Thursday, July 12. It also called for a 24-hour national strike [supported by business organizations] for Friday the 13th and a vehicle caravan through the neighborhoods of Managua on Saturday, July 14.

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