The goal of the interview that comandante Daniel Ortega granted to “Fox News” was to “get the attention of president Donald Trump”, but Ortega didn’t succeed. This was the opinion of Alejandro Bendana, historian and specialist in International Law.
Read MoreThe Brazilian Embassy in Nicaragua confirmed the murder of Brazilian citizen Rayneia Lima on Monday night, when she was returning from her shift at work at the Carlos Roberto Huembes Hospital. The 31-year-old victim was a medical student at the American University (UAM) and was in the final year of her degree.
Read MoreHe won’t leave power because that “would worsen things.” His government has no relation whatsoever with the paramilitaries. There are no problems between the government and the church. No student has died in any church. And the country is in route towards ‘’normalization.” That’s the Nicaragua that comandante Ortega described in an interview with the Fox News.
Read MoreThe situation in Nicaragua as a result of the repressive actions of Daniel Ortega’s government is “alarming”. Up until now, nearly 300 have died, and dozens of people are either “missing”, tortured or have fled. In addition, between 400 and 500 people are being held in the country’s different jails.
Read MoreMarco Novoa is the first Nicaraguan youth to publicly denounce the existence of a clandestine jail in which he was tortured for a week. He was kidnapped by one of Ortega’s paramilitary groups on May 24, in retaliation for his participation in the civic protests against the regime.
Read MoreSunday, in a meeting of Sandinistas in Masaya “to ratify their support for the government led by Commander Daniel Ortega and Comrade Rosario Murillo”, “hundreds of militants asked the top Party official at the meeting, Guiomar Irias, for the government to fire the hundreds of ‘coup supporters’ employed by government institutions.”
Read MoreHow do we respond to a president who declares war against all those that oppose him? A president who has demonstrated his willingness to use arms, to persecute and condemn as “terrorists” those who dare to contradict the version of reality he’s been fostering to explain what has happened in Nicaragua.
Read MoreIn Nicaragua, it has become “normal” to read daily that the paramilitary forces of the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo kidnap and disappear persons, according to lists or photographs, of those having participated in or supported the protests of the last three months. Valeska Sandoval is one of the latest victims.
Read MoreOn July 18, the civilian medical students at the Alejandro Davila Bolaños Military Hospital School in the capital issued a statement in which they express their student disobedience in support of university students who have been threatened and tortured by paramilitaries of the Government of Daniel Ortega.
Read MoreThe vicious attack launched this July 19th by commander Daniel Ortega against the Catholic church’s Episcopal Conference bishops was intended to be the final blow to derail the country’s hope in the National Dialogue, but it’s destined to the most resounding failure.
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