"Do you ever think about things that you do think about?" (Inherit the Wind)
Negotiations between the Ortega-Murillo administration and the Alianza Civica resumed on Monday, and while not a single political prisoner has been released nor civil liberties restored, Jose Pallais says that progress has been made. Pallais, who is part of the…
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The Unidad Nacional Azul y Blanco (UNAB) has been encouraging various forms of protest, after staging #ALaCalle, Nicaragua’s first march since October. On Wednesday, UNAB asked Nicaraguans to join the “pitazo nacional” and the “cacerolazo nacional,” by honking their car…
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The Comité Pro Liberación de Presos Políticos (CPLPP) released an updated list of political prisoners this Wednesday morning. According to the CPLPP data, there are 802 prisoners of conscience in Nicaraguan prisons, as of March 19. The number includes about…
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In this edition: Alianza Fleshes Out Agenda Porras Commission Issues Statement Supporting Nuncio Alianza Fleshes Out Agenda The Alianza Civica por la Justicia y la Democracia held its daily press conference at the INCAE, to present a fleshed out negotiation…
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In this edition Abuses Continue Against Private Citizens OAS Sets Conditions Abuses Continue Against Private Citizens The OrMu administration continues its abuses against private citizens, via the police forces and public officials within the judiciary. Marlon Powell, a journalist from…
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In this Edition Alianza Declares Impasse, While OrMu’s Negotiators Call Foul; Morning Protest at UCA Alianza Declares Impasse, While OrMu’s Negotiators Call Foul. After the #ALaCalle Protest resulted in the arbitrary detentions of some 160 protesters on Saturday, the OrMu…
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In this Edition: Nuncio Meets with Comité Pro Liberación de Presos Políticos. IACHR Denounces Repression of #ALaCalle Protesters. Nuncio Meets with Comité Pro Liberación de Presos Políticos. Nicaraguans broke through the circle of repression on Saturday, when they defied the…
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The transport of Nicaraguan political prisoners from the Modelo and the Esperanza correctional began this morning, when fifty prisoners of conscience were excarcelated. The OrMu administration agreed to excarcelate “an appreciable nucleus of people” on Friday March 15, according to…
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After the Alianza and the OrMu negotiation teams issued a joint statement announcing a rekindled negotiation, the Alianza retreated into mutism, that is, with the exception of Mario Arana, the president of the American Nicaraguan Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM). Mr….
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The Alianza Civica and the OrMu administration issued a joint statement, announcing that negotiations would start again tomorrow. The news comes after three days in which the Alianza stayed away from the INCAE, the place chosen to host the talks….
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