In interviews with foreign media, Daniel Ortega has declared that the country is returning to “normal”. His contradictions compete with those of Donald Trump. The only difference being that here, in our case, he is lying about deaths, about the blood spilled of over 300 Nicaraguan citizens and the arrest, persecution and unfair trial of hundreds.
Read MoreToday the permanent commission of the OAS meets to discuss the situation in Nicaragua and proposals for action by the organization. At 10:30 ET, the Council announced that at the resquest of the countries presenting a resolution, the meeting time has been changed to 2:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. in Nicaragua).
Read MoreDaniel Ortega paints his leadership and government as a champion of the Latin America Left standing up to an onslaught of US imperialism and international and local capitalism, just like the situation during the war against the US backed “Contras” in the 1980s.
Read MoreOver time, we have discovered that international defenders of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship, who belong to an outdated Left, aren’t analyzing the situation in Nicaragua as Marxists, but through their prism of nostalgia for a revolution which ceased to exist many years ago.
Read MoreThe Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) will address this Thursday at 10:00 a.m. ET a draft resolution sponsored by eight countries, which pursues the creation of a “special commission” for Nicaragua.
Read MoreThe Jesuit University of Central America (UCA) of Nicaragua, one of the academic centers where protests against the government began last April, announced today its indefinite closing, faced with the end of an economic subsidy that it received from the government.
Read MoreDaniel Ortega’s National Police has named members of the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy and figures from opposition groups as backing crimes of terrorism. This statement was presented in the government’s case against Christian Fajardo and his wife, Maria Adilia Peralta, members of the April 19th movement in Masaya.
Read MoreThe rustic wooden cross enters in a silent procession, in the hands of the altar boy. Excited, people hold their breath and then break into applause. Some cry when they see the priest’s silhouette. He’s back. “This applause is for Christ and for Nicaragua,” says Father Edwin Roman from the altar of the humble San Miguel church in Masaya.
Read MoreThe Organization of American States will meet this Tuesday, July 31st to discuss a new resolution regarding the situation in Nicaragua including the creation a follow-up group on the national crisis. If the necessary support for passage is obtained, it will be submitted to a vote the next day – Wednesday, August 1.
Read MoreNicaraguan President Daniel Ortega today blamed the United States for the crisis his country has been facing since last April and reiterated that he will not abandon power or hold early elections as the opposition demands.
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