Carlos Mejia Godoy, creator of most of the songs used by young people at different times since the fight against the dictator Somoza, opens up in an interview with El Nuevo Diario about the current protests in Nicaragua.
Read MoreThe students who have led the recent protests in Nicaragua and who remain entrenched in a university in the capital accepted a dialogue with the government on the condition that President Daniel Ortega offers security guarantees for them and their families.
Read MoreIn one blow, amid the sound of shattering glass, the opinion polls, the assurances, the belief that they were governing with the support and approval of the majority, all crashed down.
Read MoreAs the sun went down on Sunday, April 23, the monumental march to repudiate the actions of Daniel Ortega’s and Rosario Murillo’s government arrived at this bastion of resistance that the repression couldn’t conquer: the Nicaraguan Polytechnic University, or Upoli.
Read MoreAt the cry of “Peace”, “Freedom” and “Daniel Ortega Out”, several thousand protesters marched peacefully today in the capital of Nicaragua, to demand the president cease the repression of the protests that have convulsed this country in the last six days.
Read MoreThe United States ordered today that relatives of its diplomats working in Nicaragua immediately leave the country, mired in protests against the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.
Read MoreNicaraguan President Daniel Ortega announced Sunday afternoon the repeal of his controversial Social Security reform that triggered widespread protests and the subsequent violent government repression starting five days ago.
Read MoreSeveral supermarkets and other stores were looted Sunday in Managua, including Wall Mart outlets, as anti-government protests continue to escalate in Nicaragua’s main cities and other localities.
Read MoreThe magnitude of the popular reaction came without warning, when a group of young university students and dozens of elderly called, on their own, a peaceful protest against the blow to the population’s finances.
Read MoreNicaragua’s Private Enterprise Council (COSEP), a close ally until this week of the government of Daniel Ortega, today conditioned a dialogue with the president on the “immediate ending of repression” of the police and government shock forces against demonstrators.
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