The “Mothers of April” Movement condemned the massacre that occurred during the peaceful Mother’s Day march of May 30th, which left many more Nicaraguan families in mourning. They called on the business sector to declare a national work stoppage to pressure the exit of the Government of Daniel Ortega.
Read MoreThe Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General, Luis Almagro, stands firm as an important ally of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo so they can stay a few more years in the presidency of Nicaragua.
Read MoreAs Nicaragua slips deeper into violent chaos with the Ortega-Murillo government clinging to power amid massive protests, the US Embassy in Managua just closed its doors today, June 1st, reported 100% Nocitias.
Read MoreStudent, business and civil society leaders demanding the resignation of the Government of Nicaragua called today to “intensify the civic and peaceful protest,” after the violence that occurred on Wednesday and that according to the Police left 15 dead and 218 wounded.
Read MoreThe bishops worked all Wednesday night to issue a statement in which they affirm that “the National Dialogue cannot be resumed as long as the people of Nicaragua continue to be denied the right to demonstrate freely and continue to be repressed and killed.”
Read MoreEnlivened with the same music and songs and new ones being written, today, Nicaragua’s youth are fighting against a dictatorship with the same patriotism youth did yesterday [in the 1970s against Somoza].
Read MoreNicaraguan President Daniel Ortega warned Wednesday that he will not abandon the government, responding to the demands of his opponents who have urged him to withdraw from power. Meanwhile new incidents left at least two dead and more than a dozen injured after a massive opposition march.
Read MoreThe National Dialogue process, which began on May 16th, was suspended at is fourth session (Wednesday 23rd) because no agreements were being reached, after benefitting both the Nicaraguan people involved in protests since April 18th and the Ortega dictatorship.
Read MoreBusinessman Piero Coen Ubilla, president of a large conglomerate that wields a lot of weight in Nicaragua in financial services, agroindustry, cattle raising, the agricultural sector, real estate and ID solutions, hopes to see a “rapid”, “peaceful”, and “constitutional” way out of the political, economic and social crisis that has engulfed the country since April 18th.
Read MoreOh, how powerless I felt when I went to get my motorbike fixed and I heard a 10-year-old boy, the mechanic’s son, say to his father: “this happened so suddenly, because everything was calm last week.” And it really was. Before April 19th…
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