A 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.
Read MoreThere is no revolution without art. Nicaragua is experiencing a new social awakening and music is not far behind. Five artists sing to this new social struggle
Read MoreA 660 million dollar withdrawal in deposits (12% of the total) in two months increases the chances of Nicaragua’s Central Bank (BCN) finding itself forced to take drastic measures to tackle this problem. One possibility would be a freeze on bank accounts.
Read MoreThe theft and sacking of the Catholic Church facility located on the outskirts of the City of Matagalpa took place on the day that Bishop Alvarez was traveling with Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes to Italy for a meeting at the Vatican with Pope Francis, concerned about the widespread violence unleashed in Nicaragua for over two months.
Read MoreThe government’s dodging at the dialogue table doesn’t mean that the Civic Alliance is going to abandon it, although some sectors of the population believe that Ortega merely wants to gain time and avoid the central topic of the National Dialogue, which is the democratization.
Read MoreThe clamor in the streets exerts pressure on the National Dialogue and on the Civic Alliance which is trying to point the way to a democratic way out of the crisis in Nicaragua. Meanwhile, President Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo have unleashed widespread paramilitary violence to try and squash the protests.
Read MoreA new session of Nicaragua’s national dialogue concluded Monday without relevant agreements, following the government’s steadfast refusal to discuss early elections and the replacement of electoral and judicial authorities, said leaders of the opposition Civic Alliance.
Read MoreIn human terms, the most terrible thing of the government repression in Nicaragua are the more than 210 lives cut short and more than 1,500 injured, but also the economic cost to the whole country is very high.
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