Daniel Ortega bans political references at concerts in Nicaragua
The Interior Ministry has created a registry of producers and warned them against ‘intervening, financing or promoting’ issues that concern internal or external politics
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’
The official has been called to the presidential office to present a detailed report on different issues during her term at the head of the under-fire Public Prosecutor’s Office
At least 13 priests and two seminarians were arrested between December 20 and 30 in Nicaragua, among them Monsignors Carlos Avilés, Silvio Fonseca, Miguel Mántica, and Father Pablo Villafranca
The detention of Bishop Isidro Mora is the latest attack in the country, which also recently expelled a group of priests being held as political prisoners
The ruling Sandinista apparatus has redoubled its persecution of the Catholic Church. The detention of Mora Ortega is the second such move against a religious leader after Rolando Álvarez was jailed last year
The organization issued a statement detailing only that they are closing operations ‘at the request of the authorities.’ The end of their humanitarian work leaves political prisoners completely unprotected
The decision by the highest court of justice will contain, for now at least, repeated attempts by the attorney general’s office to reverse the election victory of the president-elect
The leader has been granted leave for six months so that he can begin campaigning for the February 4 elections
The Sandinista apparatus, accused of frequent human rights violations, condemned the organization for aligning with the United States
Judges, secretaries, janitors, chauffeurs and even President Daniel Ortega’s first-born son have all been summarily sent home by the ‘co-president’
The Sandinista regime is making millions from the mass influx of desperate travelers trying to make it to the United States
Social and Indigenous organizations have announced that they will continue to protest efforts to undermine the results of the August 20 general election
After several political prisoners were released and exiled back in February, arrests have accelerated again. The Central American country is sinking into unstoppable repression
In 2021, the Sandinista government seized her passport, blocking her from seeking cancer treatment abroad. Despite her illness, she continued to demand the release of her family members
Although the government links all detentions to the country’s gangs, human rights organizations have reported 5,490 ‘direct victims’ from outside the sphere of criminal structures
Nicaragua is preparing to sign a new deal with its Asian partner after breaking ties with Taiwan in December 2021
The Sandinista regime is trying to shut down the loud demands for the release of the Catholic leader by bringing in Cash Luna, a pastor with links to drug trafficking, to Nicaragua
Nicaragua’s presidential couple, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, is promoting feast-day celebrations across the country while repression against Catholicism continues apace
Income from family remittances in 2022 stood at close to $2.5 billion, a figure that is forecast to double in 2023 with 725,000 people having fled the country in five years
The change formalizes a practice that the Salvadoran justice system had already been carrying out. Critics warn that the move violates people’s right to a fair trial
The United Nations Green Climate Fund has blocked $116.6 million in funding, while the Central American Bank for Economic Integration has pushed back the delivery of a $3.5 billion loan
The State Department warns that it ‘will consider all available tools to deter and disrupt anti-democratic activity’ in Central American countries