"Do you ever think about things that you do think about?" (Inherit the Wind)
This weekend, the Ortega-Murillo government experienced moral and public relations defeats, after ineptly handling Eddy Montes’ death and its aftermath. As is customary, the administration pretended that press releases and public spectacle would sufficiently calm local and international public outrage….
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Several of the mourners gathered in Matagalpa to bid farewell to Eddy Montes wore face coverings. They had come to pay their respects to a man who was senselessly gunned down in a prison, by the very same state that…
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The funeral for Eddy Montes is scheduled for this afternoon, at the Cathedral of Matagalpa. Mr. Montes was shot dead by a guard at the Modelo Prison on Thursday afternoon, in an act that Nicaragua’s Interior Ministry termed as “self-defense”,…
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On Saturday afternoon, mourners gathered at the Church of San Felipe de Molagüina in Matagalpa, to await the arrival of the body of Eddy Montes. Mr. Montés, a political prisoner, was gunned down by a guard at the Modelo Prison…
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The Modelo Prison in Tipitapa, already infamous since the 1970s, reached another low this week, when a guard shot and killed Eddy Montes, a political prisoner. The shooting triggered a vicious attack on Montes’ fellow inmates that left at least…
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In the aftermath of the killing of political prisoner Eddy Montes at the Modelo prison, the Interior Ministry (MIGOB, by its Spanish acronym) has retreated into mutism. MIGOB has not released any additional information beyond two press statements issued yesterday…
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Political prisoner Eddy Montes was shot and killed yesterday by a guard at the Modelo Prison in Tipitapa, Nicaragua. The fifty-seven year old Montes was an American citizen. The circumstances of his death are under dispute, as the Ministry of…
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Food prices are increasing in Nicaragua, according to the latest report by the Nicaraguan Central Bank (BCN, by its Spanish acronym). The basic basket of goods and services has increased by C$280 since January. In other words, the estimated monthly…
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The government led by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has escalated its outcry against unilateral economic sanctions, which it considers an illegal act against “the Nicaraguan people.” Today, the government issued an eleven-page diatribe against sanctions. The document focuses particularly…
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Negotiations between the Ortega-Murillo administration and the Alianza Cívica stalled almost a month ago, on April 3, when the parties were unable to reach any agreements on two important issues, democracy and justice. Now, both sides are locked in a…
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