Nicaragua Archives - Page 66 of 443

Either They Don’t Govern or Govern with Their Hands Tied

The offensive launched against Arrevalo foreshadows the tensions his government will experience when they come to power.

In February 2023, 222 political prisoners were spirited to the United States from Nicaragua. Here’s the story of that freedom flight.

Karin Herrera rejects the Attorney General’s attacks. “The people already chose, they already determined who won. There was no fraud.”

“We are in the worst year for the families of political prisoners, because at other times there was more solidarity, more visibility.”

Those who are currently destabilizing Guatemala have no capacity to form a government. And they are well aware of it.

Grover William from Chile took our photo of the day: “Cemetery in Granada, Nicaragua”. He used a Sony A5100 camera.

Government workers are banned from talking about Sheynnis Palacios and her Miss Universe win, “people have even been fired for posting memes”

In Nicaragua, expressing an opinion contrary to the government, or one of its policies, is punishable by prison or forced exile.

On International Human Rights Day, they demanded greater pressure from the international community against the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship.

They first used their Cybercrimes Law as a “gag law” to criminalize opponents and journalists. They’re now extending it to any citizen…