Nicaragua

(UPDATED) Mothers’ Day in Nicaragua begins with Stealthy Excarcerations

The Ortega-Murillo government has excarcerated fifty political prisoners, in a symbolic move intended to mark Mothers’ Day. The excarcerated prisoners were taken to their homes, using vehicles belonging to the penitentiary system, as is customary. On Monday, the Ortega-Murillo negotiation…
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(OPINION) A Tale of Two Deaths and one Disappearance in Nicaragua

Bismarck Martínez was a life-long Sandinista sympathizer. He was abducted by unknown and unidentifiable assailants who tortured him. Yesterday, the Vice President of Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, announced his body had presumably been found in Jinotepe. The remains “were found near…
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Asociación Madres de Abril Rejects Ortega-Murillo Amnesty Project; Announces Memorial Mass for Victims of May 30 Attack.

The Asociación Madres de Abril (AMA) held a press conference on Tuesday morning, to reject plans for an amnesty law. The organization demanded justice for their children, killed by the Ortega-Murillo police and/or paramilitary sympathizers in the past year. AMA…
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Ortega-Murillo Government Salutes Nicaraguan Mothers: Government Pledges, Disparages, and Threatens Opposition.

The Ortega-Murillo negotiation team read its employer’s latest press statement. It includes a salute to Nicaraguan mothers, as well as pledges, reassurances, inflammatory language, and thinly-veiled threats to pull out definitively from negotiations, by arguing that the Alianza Cívica lacks…
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Ortega-Murillo Government Reiterates its “Commitment” to Civil and Political Liberties through Massive Police Deployment prior to March honoring Eddy Montes

The ink on the government’s “Action Plan” evaporated from the paper it was printed on Sunday morning, when the Ortega-Murillo police deployed on Carretera Masaya, in response to the March for Freedom: Eddy Montes Presente!  Unidad Nacional Azul y Blanco called…
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Consumers and Businesses band Together in Successful 24-Hour Strike in Nicaragua. More Civil Disobedience to Come.

Cities and towns throughout Nicaragua appeared deserted on Thursday, as many Nicaraguans joined in a 24-hour work stoppage and consumer strike. According to José Adán Aguerri, of the Alianza Cívica, between 60 and 70% of Nicaraguan businesses closed their doors…
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