The main brands of clothing, footwear and other industries operating in Nicaragua’s Free Trade Zones issued a statement on Saturday, demanding that the government of President Daniel Ortega respect the rule of law, cease repression and guarantee freedom of assembly and expression.
Read MoreTens of thousands of Nicaraguans participated in the “La Marcha de las Flores”, dedicated to the 20 children and teenagers killed in the repression unleashed by the government of Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo over the last 10 weeks.
Read MoreEl Salvador prosecutors have started an international extradition process for former president Mauricio Funes (2009-2014), who was charged with embezzling over 231 million USD, with a judge issuing an arrest warrant for the former president who has been in exile in Nicaragua.
Read MoreThe organized invasion of private properties, both urban areas and rural farms is interpreted by lawyers and those affected as a clear retaliation against private business people for breaking the model of dialogue that the Private Enterprise Council (Cosep) had maintained with the Ortega government for the last decade.
Read MoreMembers of a mission of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) were prevented on Wednesday from entering the cells of the infamous El Chipote detention and interrogation prison, in Managua.
Read MoreThe “March of the flowers”, in memory of the children and teenagers killed during the protests against the Ortega government, is now set for Saturday June 30th. The protest in Managua begins at the Alexis Arguello monument at 10:00 a.m. and will proceed to the Jean Paul Genie roundabout.
Read MoreLuci Valenti, president of Canatur, demands an early solution to the crisis. She says the president must recognize that “he can no longer govern,” adding, “For half of what has happened in the country, other leaders around the world would have resigned.”
Read MoreA few days ago, I called a businessman friend who is usually a jokester. I didn’t expect that when I asked him how he was, he would answer – “very depressed”, then be unable to continue any further. His voice broke, and I could hear that hoarse sobbing that emerges when men don’t want to cry but can’t hold it back.
Read MoreFollowing the government’s decision to destroy many of the barricades in Leon, the citizens opted on Tuesday to dig trenches on the streets of the Laborio, Zaragoza and Sutiaba neighborhoods, as a means of protection against the government’s feared paramilitary squads in pickup trucks.
Read MoreThe United States asked the Nicaraguan Police to return vehicles donated by that country because they were “used to violently repress” the peaceful protests against the government, reads a statement from the US Embassy in Managua released today.
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