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Ortega Rewards Nicaraguan Army Loyalty with Real Estate

With Ortega in power, there has also been a growth in military personnel, reaching the highest number since the end of the civil war in 1990.

Scores of police abducted more than 50 Nicaraguans in a single night on May 3-4. They then carried out express midnight hearings.

His judges order “probation” for the defendants, with the obligation to sign in daily at the local police station until their trial.

Carlos F. Chamorro: “Doing journalism under a dictatorship, continuing to report and tell the truth, is an act of resistance.”

The evolution of Chino Enoc’s loyalties is a process that must be repeated in many other cases, in order to dissolve the regime’s remaining support.

Many reject the authorities’ hollow discourse. Arturo McFields: “Silent departures increase” and “the mistreatment has worsened.”

After his arrest, they created a false profile on social networks to fabricate “evidence” in a new political trial against him.

While Catholics are prohibited from public activities, evangelical pastors allied with Ortega celebrate vigils and concerts in public places.

In the first half of April, the regime arrested at least 27 more people, seven of whom have already been charged.

With Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy they will perform a retrospective of music & poetry linked to the history of a country under two dictatorships.