Thousands of Catholic parishioners and government opponents took to the streets of Managua today in support of the bishops who mediate the currently suspended national dialogue and in demand for justice and democracy in the country. Not far away government officials held a simultaneous counter march in support of President Daniel Ortega.
Read MoreGeneral (R) Humberto Ortega, former head of the Nicaraguan Army and brother of President Daniel Ortega, urged the government and the military institution to disarm the paramilitary forces that “have caused terror and death” in the country.
Read MoreAt least ten doctors, twelve nurses and 13 medical staff employees at the Oscar Danilo Rosales Arguello School Hospital (Heodra), in Leon, were arbitrarily fired by Judith Lejarza Vargas, the hospital’s director, who admitted that the dismissals were for “political” reasons.
Read MoreThe executive secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Paulo Abrao, said Friday that the repression in Nicaragua has entered a third phase that he described as “bureaucratic repression.”
Read MorePersecution of Nicaraguans who support the ongoing protests against the government of Daniel Ortega has become commonplace in the country. Ortega considers the violence of his paramilitary forces a legitimate defense against what he calls “coup” promoters and supporters trying to topple his legitimate government.
Read MoreNicaragua marks one hundred days of struggle against a regime which is trying to impose “normalcy” with paramilitary terror and the criminalizing of protest.
Read MoreHe is 20 years old and he would love to finish his journalism degree in Argentina. Then, he would like to be a war correspondent. But not in his native Nicaragua, which he dreams of being “free and in peace”, safe from the unstoppable wave of violence that has been spilling its blood for over three months now.
Read More“Once again, an adverse scenario has been created and the euphoria in our enemies resurfaces,” Castro told thousands of people gathered for the rally broadcast live on state television.
Read MoreThe 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.
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