The government of Barack Obama presented a formal protest to Francisco Campbell, Nicaraguan ambassador in the United States, expressing its “strong displeasure” for the recent expulsion of three United States officials. The action was deemed “unwarranted and inconsistent with the positive and constructive agenda that we seek to maintain with Nicaragua.”
US ambassador Laura Dogu has a thermometer to measure the business climate in the country: queries made to her by foreign investors. Although she notes that regarding political issues and particularly the November 6 elections, “They need not talk to me, it’s enough to listen to the voices of Nicaragua.”
The government of Daniel Ortega has expelled US political analyst Evan Ellis from Nicaragua, alleging “he didn’t have official authorization to do research on the inter-oceanic canal project.”
The first time Henry Fernandez made news headlines was when he was a little over four years old. Being mischievous, he started his parents’ car which then rolled down a hill. He crossed roads and buildings… He didn’t stop until some baseball players held onto the car and brought the car to a stop.
In an extremely dangerous move which relives the history of the Somoza dictatorship in the 20th century, Ortega closes the political space to any real opposition, giving way to “collaborationist” loyal opposition parties in order to institutionalize his hegemonic party’s regime.
With less than five months to go for the November 6 national elections, the Constitutional Wing of Nicaragua’s Supreme Court has effectively left the opposing National Coalition for Democracy without a flag or a designated spot on the ballot.
The Carter Center, which has accompanied Nicaragua’s electoral processes for the last 20 years, issued a pronouncement this past Tuesday regarding Comandante Ortega’s refusal to allow observation of the general elections scheduled for November.
Ana Navarro spends so much time traveling that her home address is Seat 3B, American Airlines. She says this jokingly, but the statement contains a bit of truth. At the height of this election season, this Republican strategist and political pundit for channels such as CNN, ABC and Telemundo goes from airplane to airline, crossing the United States in the path of these unpredictable primary elections.
The Sandinista Congress unanimously ratified Commander Daniel Ortega’s seventh presidential candidacy with their hands raised high. They also authorized him to select his running mate as well as to the list of candidates to the National Assembly and Central American Parliament, for the general elections set for November 6.
Nicaraguans celebrated Mother’s Day this past May 30th, as they do every year on this date. The commercial machinery took advantage of the occasion to push the image of a slim, heterosexual married woman, fully dedicated to her children. But there are other diverse identities involved with motherhood, and these are frequently left out of the picture. Where do these kinds of mothers fit in?