Nicaragua Archives - Page 54 of 447

Lesther Aleman’s Journey from a Nicaraguan Prison to Exile

“After his return to power in 2007 until today, Daniel Ortega violated institutions, incipient democracy and national sovereignty.”

The trial against Funes, who lives in Nicaragua under the protection of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship, could last up to two weeks.

After the repeal of the interoceanic canal concession, analysts argue that “there is a clear will to continue negotiating this project”.

Come rain or thunder; be it Christmas or New Years, they must appear daily to sign in at their local police stations.

They note that “the new Nicaragua that started so promisingly (in 1979) has today, under Ortega and Murillo, become a brutal dictatorship”.

The movement is primarily peaceful, pro-Palestine & Anti-Zionist, but not Anti-Semitic, terrorist or opposed to the existence of Israel.

Before the April 2018 protests plunged Nicaragua into the worst sociopolitical crisis in the last three decades, I had a normal life.

Environmentalists and rural leaders warn that the dictatorship wants to keep alive the Canal Project, which never took off in eleven years.

Dozens of local businesses in the departments of Nicaragua have seen sales drop by up to 70% following the opening of Chinese stores…

Nara Milanich, professor at Columbia University: “Antisemitism is a Trojan horse; there is an intention to intervene in universities.”