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Gioconda Belli: It’s Time for Ortega/Murillo to Resign

In 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.

Nicaragua: University Students at UPOLI Continue Unbowed

As 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.

Thousands March in Nicaragua asking Ortega for “Peace and Freedom”

At 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.

US Tells Diplomats Relatives to Leave Nicaragua ASAP

The 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.

Ortega Repeals Controversial Reform but Protests Continue in Nicaragua

Nicaraguan 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.

Walmart Stores Looted in Managua, Nicaragua

Several 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.

Nicaragua Says No to Repression or Back Room Deals

The 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.

Death Toll Reaches 25 in Nicaragua Protest Repression

Nicaragua’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.

Nicaragua: Before and After the Social Security Heist

The repression unleashed this week by the Ortega shock troops operating under police protection reveals the regime’s fear of social protest. Here are four key points as to why.

Nicaragua: Government Repression and Censorship in Response to Protests

The government of Commander Daniel Ortega responded to the protests over reforms to the Nicaraguan Institute of Social Security (INSS) with repression and aggressions against university students and journalists from national and international media.