Omar Halleslevens, former head of the Nicaraguan Army and the country’s current Vice President, will assume his constitutionally allotted deputy’s seat in the National Assembly in January and reportedly take on the role of presiding over the legislature.
Read MoreIf two times two are four, Roberto Rivas president of the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) doesn’t know it. Official data assures that the level of participation in last Sunday’s election was 68.2%. However, even taking these results as a starting point, Rivas’ statistics don’t add up.
Read MoreThey’re no longer going “towards more victories,” as the campaign slogan proclaimed. The dearth of electoral competition failed to assure a triumphant third consecutive presidential term to Comandante Daniel Ortega, eternal head of the Sandinista Front.
Read MoreAfter a practically non-existent campaign, the Nicaraguans who went to the polls on Sunday gave an overwhelming victory to Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murrillo, according to the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE).
Read MoreSome Nicaraguans will go to the polls for the general elections on Sunday, November 6, to reelect Daniel Ortega, and his wife as the new VP, while others will stay home and protest the uncontested elections.
Read MoreThe government of Daniel Ortega has invited the Organization of American States (OAS) to “make an appearance” on the fifth, sixth and seventh of November when Nicaragua will observe elections in which independent electoral observation are prohibited and the opposition has been outlawed by the government.
Read MoreThe magazine “Confidencial” was born in July,1996, on the eve of a presidential election during those years of democratic transition that Sofía Montenegro termed: “Nicaragua’s springtime of free expression.” She was alluding to the unusual climate of State tolerance towards critical journalism that was established during the government of my mother, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro.
Read MoreThe International Human Rights Federation (FIDH) presented in Managua a study of the Inter-Oceanic Canal concession’s “grave impact” on the population on October 14. This mega-project seems to be dissipating as time passes, but for the human rights organization it’s now “a process of mega land-grabbing.”
Read MoreOn the highway to Masaya, some banners present the candidates from political parties that are competing for the presidency and for seats in the National Assembly. On some of the city’s streets, you can count (on your fingers) the posters of these same candidates, which are falling apart due to the heavy rains we had last week.
Read MoreMany Nicaraguans refuse to accept the Ortega government’s abuse of migrants trying to cross the country. “It’s unbelievable that a country of migrants would inflict so much harm on other migrants,” the demonstrators said.
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