Nicaragua’s Ortega and Murillo release and parade political prisoners in whitewashing operation for US
The Sandinista regime is using this tactic to avoid getting expelled from the CAFTA free trade agreement or the introduction of 100% tariffs
‘Revolutionary surveillance’: 90% of Nicaraguans feel spied upon
The Sandinista regime resorts to police, paramilitaries and neighborhood committees to quell dissent. A survey reveals the extent of social control
Deadly detentions in Nicaragua: Another opponent dies in custody of Ortega-Murillo regime
Attorney Carlos Cárdenas Zepeda, an advisor to the Episcopal Conference, died after 12 days of enforced disappearance. His case joins that of opposition leader Mauricio Alonso Petri
Rosario Murillo’s purge terrifies the Sandinista old guard
After the downfall of Bayardo Arce Castaño, other historic revolutionaries who oppose the co-president ‘sleep in different properties every day’ for fear of being arrested
Ortega orders increased ‘revolutionary surveillance’ to ‘capture and prosecute traitors’ in Nicaragua
The leader praised China and Russia on the 46th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution, in a ceremony that lacked any high-profile international guests
Bukele blames NGOs for protest outside his residence and promotes ‘foreign agents law’ to suffocate them
The Salvadoran military repressed some 300 farming families during the mobilization, an unprecedented event since the end of the civil war
No freedom of movement, supervised sermons and no prayers for Nicaragua: How the Ortega-Murillo regime controls its priests
A report by the religious organization CSW reveals that the Sandinista government has deployed undercover police at masses
In Nicaragua, Ortega and Murillo now have their legion of 76,800 paramilitaries
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
Ortega regime turns Nicaragua into gateway for irregular migration to the United States
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
Repressive delirium in Nicaragua
The persecution of any type of opposition to the Ortega-Murillo regime has made the winner of the Miss Universe pageant a target for attacks
The Nicaraguan political prisoners who resisted torture in Ortega and Murillo’s prisons
A non-profit run by exiles has produced ‘Freedom behind bars,’ a book that compiles the stories of 11 female survivors of the regime’s notorious penitentiary system
Exiled Nicaraguans and family remittances: A financial pillar of the Ortega regime
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
‘There is much sorrow among the faithful, but they do not let their guard down’: What it’s like to profess the Catholic faith under the Ortega regime
As fear spreads, the Nicaraguan Church has become a bastion of resistance to the unprecedented onslaught of the Sandinista government
United Nations report says Ortega and Murillo committed crimes against humanity
An investigation by the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua finds the presidential couple and government officials culpable of the repression that began with the 2018 crackdown
Ortega strips another 94 Nicaraguans of their nationality, including writers Sergio Ramirez and Gioconda Belli
The Nicaraguan justice system has also stripped journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, Bishop Silvio Báez, feminist Sofía Montenegro and human rights defender Vilma Núñez of their citizenship
Dora María Téllez and her 605 nights of hell: ‘Every day that I didn’t hang myself was a victory over Ortega’
The legendary guerilla commander from the days of Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution spoke to EL PAÍS about her time as a political prisoner in Managua’s feared El Chipote jail
Nicaraguan bishop who refused exile gets 26 years in prison
The sentence is the longest given to any of Ortega’s opponents over the last couple of years
Freed dissidents on Nicaragua jail: ‘They shackled us and you knew beatings were waiting in The Tunnel’
The 222 political prisoners held by the Daniel Ortega regime and sent to the US have been stripped of their nationality. ‘Nobody will take being Nicaraguan away from me’
Daniel Ortega: ‘No negotiation’ with US over release of political prisoners
The Nicaraguan leader said it was his wife and vice-president, Rosario Murillo, who contacted the US Embassy in Managua to request the transfer of 222 dissidents to Washington
Humberto Ortega and the political chess match in Nicaragua
The millionaire businessman and former army chief has presented himself as a strategist and conciliatory figure within the Sandinista regime, despite disagreements with his brother, President Daniel Ortega