Three moments since April 18 have strongly marked Silvio Jose Baez, the auxiliary bishop of Managua and one of Nicaragua’s most respected priests. One of those moments was the murder of the first young man by the National Police near the Polytechnic University (Upoli). He cried as he watched the news that day…
Read MoreDespite Daniel Ortega’s request, Pope Francis did not receive Nicaraguan foreign minister Denis Moncada last week in the Vatican. However, he did send Ortega a strong message of support for the Nicaraguan Episcopal Conference.
Read MoreGangs of delinquents and paramilitary groups associated with the Government emerge from the shadows at night, roaming the streets of Managua and other cities of the country committing murders, kidnappings and assaults. Others operate in broad daylight.
Read MoreDaniel Ortega’s loss of credibility with the US government has grown in recent years, and, after the brutal repression since April, Arturo Cruz, a former ambassador of Nicaragua to the United States, sees it unlikely that there will be an understanding between Ortega and president Trump, as the Nicaraguan president has suggested in his interviews with the international press.
Read MoreIn July, the FSLN delegation in the National Assembly approved two laws aimed at persecuting and criminalizing citizens, opposition leaders, business owners and non-profit organizations that support or donate to any civic campaign aimed at defending themselves from the authoritarian regime of Daniel Ortega.
Read MoreThe exile of artists and human rights defenders who have denounced harassment and death threats on themselves and their families in Nicaragua reveals a worsening of the crisis and an increase in terror in the country, lawyers and activists said today.
Read MoreThe crisis in the country has already caused some 215,000 people to lose their jobs according to a study from Funides, the Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development. This in turn has increased the level of debt delinquency in the local financial system, with ever more people – up to 45% – unable to make payments.
Read MoreDespite the lighting trial of the supposed murderer of Brazilian medical student Reyneia Lima, there are numerous unsolved questions that the prosecution prefers not to investigate. Two of those are how the victim’s car disappeared in thin air and that the boyfriend who took her to the hospital is also missing.
Read MoreThe Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights, ANPDH, closed its offices on a temporary basis, due to a series of threats to the staff and the siege of its facilities, the organization informed on Saturday through a statement, reports 100% Noticias.
Read MoreThe story is the same: the protests are imperialist attacks; the protesters are criminals and terrorists, the regime isn’t leaving, they want peace. What’s changed are the channels for communication.
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