The 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.
Read MoreNicaraguan teacher Nilamar Aleman was recently released after 46 days she spent in the Ocotal, Nueva Segovia jail, after being arrested on August 13. Her “crime” was to accompany Naomi and Francisca, a migrant mother and daughter who had been stranded in Costa Rica.
Read MoreCarlos Fernando Chamorro, the director of Confidencial, denounced on Friday acts of intimidation and political espionage carried out by Nicaraguan Army officials and the Sandinista Front party. He lodged his complaint with the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH).
Read MoreNicaragua’s forest reserves have contracted alarmingly over the last 25 years. “If the current rhythm of degradation continues, according to data that we’ve confirmed with other governmental agencies, within 10 – 15 years we’ll have no forestland left at all,” an expert told Confidencial.
Read MoreThe Nicaraguan Inter-Oceanic canal project poses a grave threat to the Rama Kriol indigenous peoples in the southeaster portion of the country. A group is working to try and help them defend their land and culture.
Read MoreThe US House of Representatives approved a bill known as the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA), promoted by Republican Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. The bill requires the United States to oppose any loans to Nicaragua from international organizations which the US belongs to. However to become law it must also be passed by the Senate.
Read MoreScientist Jaime Incer Barquero, presidential advisor on environmental matters, severely criticized the inaction of the Nicaraguan Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARENA) in the face of the destruction of the Indio Maíz Biological Reserve at the hands of squatters. “It’s inexplicable,” was the reaction of Incer, former minister of this institution.
Read MoreIf the plan to construct an inter-oceanic canal across the Lake of Nicaragua (Cocibolca) should come to fruition, yet another unsettling question arises – not “whether or not a catastrophic event might someday occur as a result of hydrocarbons spilling from a damaged boat and causing a black tide in the waters of the Great Lake?”, but: “When will this catastrophe happen?”
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