Nicaragua

Nicaragua Dialogue Round One: Students Tell Ortega to Resign

Protesting students demanded today the resignation of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and the cessation of police and paramilitary repression at the start of a national dialogue between the Government, civil society and the private sector that seeks to end the serious crisis that has hit the country for almost a month.

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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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