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
A year after being stripped of her nationality and her property — along with 93 other people — the former Sandinista guerrilla and politician is now exiled in Costa Rica. She tells EL PAÍS that the current Nicaraguan regime is ‘exploitative, misogynistic and colonialist’
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 brutal repression of the regime — led by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo — has crushed the opposition and sent many into exile. From Managua, EL PAÍS reports on how the ruling couple has spread fear in Nicaraguan society, turning their critics into ghosts
Speaking before thousands at the Vatican, the head of the Catholic Church denounced the detention of 13 priests and two seminarians by Daniel Ortega’s regime
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
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
Friday’s Board of Governors should ensure a transparent and fair selection process to appoint a leader capable of restoring confidence and transparency to the bank
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