The 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.
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.
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