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UN Experts Decry Ortega’s Policy of Confiscating Pensions

The UN Group of Experts reports that this policy especially affects elderly Nicaraguans and those in exile.

The strategy of “maximum pressure” via sanctions is unlikely to overthrow Nicolas Maduro; negotiating with him inevitably confers legitimacy.

April 2018 marked the starting point of an unprecedented self-organized social mobilization in Nicaragua.

Flight with 44 deported Nicaraguans left the US Guantánamo Naval Base and secretly arrived in Nicaragua on April 3…

Five of the 11 pastors from Mountain Gateway, a Texas based ministry, described their ordeal in the Nicaraguan prison.

The Panamanian government said that the lack of response from the Nicaraguan government does not affect the recognition of diplomatic asylum.

Public employees were forced to parade and to spread word about the “new” law to bury any memory of the protests.

Nicaragua with 18% and Venezuela with 15% are among the countries that will pay the most to export to the USA, above the general 10% rate.

Martinelli hoped for a pardon from president Jose Mulino. However, he had to settle for a safe-passage letter so he could flee to Nicaragua.

Lesther Alemán: Within the opposition, there’s consensus about the role of the demand for justice in a democratic transition.