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Ortega-Bishops Meeting Yields no “White Smoke” for Nicaragua

A highly awaited meeting between President Daniel Ortega and the bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua concluded today without concrete results. The disappointing outcome came at day 50 of what are now nationwide protests with a death toll of at least 127 persons and more than 1,200 injured.

The Role of Big Business in the New Nicaragua

Four decades ago, the popular armed insurrection deposed the dictator Anastasio Somoza, while the FSLN presented itself as the only protagonist, baptizing the process as the “triumph of the Sandinista Revolution”. Today we Nicaraguans are experiencing a kind of déjà vu with the new dictator Daniel Ortega…

Bishops Meet Thursday with Nicaragua’s Ortega

Nicaragua’s Episcopal Conference has announced that it will meet with President Daniel Ortega today at Casa de los Pueblos, the old presidential palace, in Managua, in order to discuss issues relating to “justice and democracy”, so as to assess whether the National Dialogue process can be resumed or not.

Ortega to Meet Thursday with Nicaragua’s Bishops

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega accepted a request from the bishops of the Episcopal Conference to meet on Thursday to address the future of dialogue, the Catholic Church body informed today in a statement.

Nicaragua: Threatened Academic says “The Police Accusations are Irrational”

The director of the Institute of Economic Studies and Public Policies (IEEPP), Felix Maradiaga, rejected accusations by the Nicaraguan National Police that linked him to “a dangerous criminal gang that has dedicated itself to sowing terror, murders … and other crimes”, in Managua.

Roadblocks Intensify Nationwide in Nicaragua

In the face of Daniel Ortega’s government’s abuses against the Nicaraguan people, “the only way out” left to us “are the streets,” said Medardo Mairena, an anti-canal rural leader and member on the now suspended National Dialogue.

Nicaragua’s Private Sector Calls for an End to the Ortega Gov.

Jose Adan Aguerri, president of the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (COSEP) declared that President Daniel Ortega should leave government “as soon as possible”. The declaration occurred in the course of an interview with the Spain based website “El Pais”.

City Hall Burned in Granada, Nicaragua’s Leading Tourist City

Terror and violence shook the city of Granada on Tuesday, the main colonial and leading tourist city of Nicaragua, where alleged paramilitaries attacked anti-government protesters, one of whom died, and burned City Hall, reported the Red Cross and the Government.

Ortega and the US Join Hands at the OAS?

Although the massacre perpetrated by the Government of Nicaragua in April and May was not included on the official agenda approved for the 48th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) that opened this Monday in Washington, OAS sources assured that on Tuesday a “declaration” on Nicaragua will be discussed.

Mormons Complete Pull-out from Nicaragua

The Mormon Church announced on Monday that it is pulling out its remaining missionaries in Nicaragua due to the prolonged violence in the Central American country.