On Thursday, bishops from Nicaragua’s Episcopal Conference (CEN) stated that the objective of the national dialogue process should be “to examine Nicaragua’s political system as its roots, in order to bring about a real democracy.”
Read MoreIf you asked anyone less than a month ago who were the most important civilian allies of the Ortega-Murillo government in Nicaragua, many would have said, the Catholic Church and COSEP the umbrella Private Sector organization.
Read MoreAlthough dozens of suspects for these crimes have been identified by the population and the victims’ family members, and the proof has been displayed in the independent media and the social networks, not a single member of the paramilitary has been detained nor has any police officier been separated from their post in order to undergo an investigation…
Read MoreNicaraguan university students demand that the government of Daniel Ortega allow the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations Office of the Rapporteur on Human Rights to investigate the deaths and alleged torture of young people detained during the recent protests.
Read MoreThe responses of the presidential couple to the events of the week of April 18th were so contrary to how one might expect you can’t help but wonder if they have already lost all connection with reality.
Read MoreNumerous university students were still demonstrating Tuesday in the streets of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, to demand that President Daniel Ortega leave office after the massacre of dozens of students and other young people by his shock forces and Riot Police.
Read MoreBetween revolutionary songs and supplications to God, President Daniel Ortega affirmed today that he will support a “dialogue for peace” in Nicaragua, but warned that he will investigate those who promoted violence and who, he said, are the same ones who confronted his first government in the 1980s.
Read MoreLike a Mexican cemetery on November 2nd (The Day of the Dead), hundreds of candles flickered in the darkness among flowers, crosses, cards and pictures. Every now and again, some girls break the circle and carefully move forward to replace the candles that are dying out.
Read MoreThe recent protests left a painful total of over 39 dead as the product of the repression. However, they also planted a “seed of hope” when the university students’ struggle unleashed a national civic rebellion.
Read MoreIt’s crucial these days to keep our eyes wide open as regards the government maneuverings to delegitimize the popular rebellion in Nicaragua.
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