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Cuba and Nicaragua: Repeating Methods

The Ortega dictatorship’s strategy isn’t anything new. It has a precedent in Fidel Castro’s closing down private universities in Cuba.

The cancellation comes days after the arbitrary arrests of Brooklyn Rivera and Nancy Henriquez, founder and president of Yatama.

For Nicaraguans, September 8, 2023 marked five years of suffering the violation of their civil, political, and religious freedoms

The migrants who arrive in Nicaragua already have their route set up, often with people to transport them and help them cross into Honduras.

Henriquez was taken from her home along with a niece & two-year-old grandson, to the District III police station to supposedly be interviewed.

Peter Chartrand from the United States took our photo of the day: “The Musicians”, in Granada, Nicaragua.

The latest two priests in Nicaragua abducted by men in civilian clothes are Julio Ricardo Norori and Ivan Centeno

The case for which the raids are carried out has not been detailed by the authorities who allege it is under “judicial reserve.”

The prisoners’ conditions: forced disappearance, daily interrogations, unsanitary cells, 24-hour illumination and a lack of sunlight.

Rivera’s arrest occurred around 8:30 in the morning on Friday, September 29, after a raid without a warrant on his home in the city of Bilwi.