Nicaragua Archives - Page 49 of 447

Virtual Trials Isolate Political Prisoners in Nicaragua

Virtual trials are indeed contemplated by Nicaraguan law, but regime authorities do not respect procedural guarantees.

The US company is appealing under the Central American Free Trade Agreement for the invasion of its property in Jinotega, Nicaragua.

Ricardo Martinelli has been granted asylum in the Nicaraguan embassy in Panama since last February.

Bars have now been installed over the ceiling of her cell, further isolating the political prisoner, 52, who has been jailed twice.

My brother, Pedro Joaquin Chamorro, writes of his one year, seven months & eighteen days in Nicaragua’s “El Chipote” jail & under house arrest

Tirso Celedon, president of Agronegocios Comerciales, is the Ortega-Murillo family’s main figurehead in energy and real estate businesses.

Thirty days from graduating from a technical career, 180 young people were left hopeless. Forty workers and teachers were left unemployed.

“We will continue to advocate for implementation of sanctions against the Army and other entities & individuals complicit with the regime…”

Resolution demands the release of political prisoners & tells the OAS Permanent Council to continue reporting on the situation in Nicaragua.

Espionage, threats, denial of passports, disappearance of records, are among the new repressive methods of the dictatorship.