Nicaragua

Nicaragua in Chaos and Ortega Asks God for Help

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega sent an audio message to the nation Saturday evening amidst serious riots and clashes in Masaya, a city near the capital, where he invoked God to ask for “strength to achieve peace.” The protesting students note his mixed message of peace while promoting repression.

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Bishops to Ortega: Invite the IACHR Now and End the Repression

The Nicaraguan Catholic Bishops’ Conference called on the government of Daniel Ortega today to adopt four “concrete steps” that would “pave the way for the realization of a national dialogue.” The bishops set a deadline of noon on Monday for the Sandinista Executive to respond and then put a start date for the negotiations.

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Cuba’s Example has Infected the Rest of the Latin American Left

After fighting a successful offensive to power, Latin America’s Left is now retreating. Cuba was always the leader of this movement and the region recognized it as its guiding beacon, but now it is languishing. Recent events unfolding (Nicaragua) point to a pathological infection which has spread from the Caribbean’s largest island.

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Nicaragua: Ortega Forces Attack Universities

One more student killed and at least 11 persons wounded is the preliminary result of an armed attack Thursday night on entrenched students at a university in Managua, said Víctor Cuadras, a spokesperson for the April 19th Student Movement (M19A).

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Nicaragua: Ortega Calls March Simultaneous to the Students

Tensions rose this morning as Nicaragua’s vice president, Rosario Murillo, called on government supporters to attend a rally “for peace, love and coexistence” in Managua, almost at the same time of a national march announced last week led by university students demanding the departure of President Daniel Ortega.

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