Mining, ranching and logging by squatters — who are acting in collusion with the Ortega government in Managua — are expanding to the Costa Rican side of this nature reserve, which is key to maintaining the biological connectivity of the Americas
A circular requires courts to seek authorization to carry out seizures, property occupations, or evictions, effectively subordinating the judicial system to the regime
The Nicaraguan leader reacted to a US State Department report by sharply criticizing Washington’s immigration policies, calling them ‘horrendous crimes’
In the absence of effective institutions and checks and balances, journalists in Nicaragua have become a crucial pillar of support for institutions, the opposition, and civil organizations devastated by the repression of Ortega and Murillo
A report by the religious organization CSW reveals that the Sandinista government has deployed undercover police at masses
The ‘co-presidential’ couple has sworn in an army made up mostly of civil servants, who appear in public while wearing balaclavas. ‘I was forced to and I felt moral shame,’ one of them says
The United Nations group of experts investigating the responsibilities of the Ortega and Murillo regime point to the military, which has always denied its participation in political repression
Ten of the country’s 15 regions lack any type of journalists, who have been expelled, persecuted, or detained by the Ortega and Murillo regime
The new Constitution tailored by the presidential couple legitimizes the ‘volunteer police’ and gives the Sandinista flag equal status with the national one
More than 900,000 people have left Nicaragua since 2018 due to political persecution, the economic crisis and exile. In a country of just over six million inhabitants, almost every family has a loved one who is missing
The Biden administration announces it will investigate human and labor rights violations, opening door to a suspension from the CAFTA-DR free trade agreement
The reform of the Military Code and the National Police Law subordinate the armed forces to the presidential couple’s wishes, just days after a constitutional change that protects their succession
The former guerrilla who became head of the Sandinista Popular Army was a feared and respected figure in Nicaragua in the 1980s. Fallen into disgrace and at odds with Vice President Rosario Murillo, he died at the age of 77 from heart complications while under house arrest by order of the presidential couple
The regime has reformed the Cyber Crime Law to increase prison sentences and prosecute alleged crimes on social media, the last bastion of freedom of expression and press in the country
The Ortega and Murillo regime is staying silent and refusing to release the official list of the formerly incarcerated individuals who were sent to the South American country. The operation was carried out in total secrecy by the U.S. embassy in Managua
Washington reported the release of ‘unjustly detained’ dissidents under the Ortega and Murillo regime, who were sent to Guatemala and welcomed by the government of Bernardo Arévalo
In a country dominated by authoritarianism and poor economic prospects, the population can only cover half a basket of basic goods, according to a report by Hagamos Democracia
The Sandinista regime becomes the first government in the West, and the second in the world, to appoint an ambassador before the authorities of the fundamentalist group that controls Afghanistan
Over the past 12 months, Managua has received more than 1,000 flights with migrants from countries such as Libya, Morocco, Uzbekistan, India and Tajikistan. Upon landing, they begin different routes to reach the U.S.-Mexico border
The retired Sandinista general and brother of President Daniel Ortega has again launched criticism of the authoritarian Nicaraguan administration and questioned its ability to establish a succession based around the figure of the ‘co-president’
Six years after the massive protests of 2018, the system remains unchanged, political violence has increased and all opposition groups and dissenting voices have been silenced
The Interior Ministry has created a registry of producers and warned them against ‘intervening, financing or promoting’ issues that concern internal or external politics
‘Now they are Yankees, they must be very happy to be Yankees,’ said the Nicaraguan president of the dissidents who have been stripped of their nationality
The Legal Defense Unit (UDJ) – a local NGO – denounces the ‘coordinated action that reveals the instrumentalization of the state apparatus to repress’ prisoners for political reasons
Amidst uncertainty and attacks, you have to find meaning in life, to be able to move forward. And meaning is built through the decisions we make
The Sandinista Government grants asylum to ex-Panamanian president and convicted money launderer Ricardo Martinelli, the latest in a long line of fugitives
Opponents of Ortega’s Sandinista regime have been stripped of their nationality and are trying to start over thousands of miles from home: ‘I will not let Ortega and Murillo steal my dreams’