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Twitter Fallout from EU Visit Continues, with Jose Inacio Faria joining in (Another story in Tweets)

(El Chipote, 2 de Julio 2018. Image by Jorge Mejia Peralta) European Parlamentarian Jose Inacio Faria (Portugal) was a member of the delegation that visited Nicaragua for four days (Jan 23-26). Like his colleague, Ana Gomes, Mr. Faria has decided to share his…
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European Parliament Delegates Visit Nicaragua: A Story in Tweets and Videos (Part 1)

When a delegation from the European Parliament approached Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo (OrMu) for permission to visit Nicaragua, the two co-dictators said no because some of the members of the delegation had said uttered “threatening or disrespectful statements” against…
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Your Occasional News Update, from Nicaragua (Jan 24, 2019)

I usually write all my news updates on Facebook, but this one is long and contains a Twitter thread, so it definitely warrants the blog treatment. COSEP DENIED PERMIT; HOSTS PRESS CONFERENCE.   Cosep Nicaragua, AmCham Nicaragua, and FUNIDES sat…
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Denis Moncada’s Friday at the OAS

Denis Moncada, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua, speaks at the Special Meeting of the Permanent Council, January 11, 2019 Credit: Juan Manuel Herrera/OAS The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States took the first step towards the application…
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About 20 Nicaraguan Asylum Seekers Were Deported on Jan 3, in a move that should SHOCK NO ONE.

La Prensa ran a front page article titled “The Deported are Missing”.  The piece, by Martha Vasquez draws on the reporting by Sonia Osorio, a journalist and editor for El Nuevo Herald. Osorio’s story covers a press conference, given by Central…
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The OrMu Propaganda Machine, Part 3: Fireworks and Other Illusions

On December 21, after being expelled from Nicaragua, the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI, by its Spanish acronym) presented its long-awaited report on the Nicaraguan crisis. GIEI concluded that the “The Government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo committed…
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OrMu Regime Attempts Media Blackout, but the News Are Still Getting Out.

Back in the 1980s, the FSLN imposed a draconian censorship regime over the media. The government controlled the only two television stations in the country, and everything published in daily newspapers had to be approved by a censor. Yet even…
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