"Do you ever think about things that you do think about?" (Inherit the Wind)
In spite of the latest OAS resolution about Nicaragua, the Ortega-Murillo government shows no signs of backing down. Citizens disappear on a daily basis, presumably abducted by the police. Public protest is still forbidden, and human rights organizations are besieged…
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On the afternoon of July 13, 2018, as Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo made their way to Masaya for the annual Repliegue, the dictatorship’s police and paramilitary made one final push to dislodge students from the UNAN-Managua. The students had…
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On the afternoon of Sunday, July 9, Lieutenant Roberto Brenes and Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Lau, two officers in Somoza’s Guardia Nacional, ordered their troops to open fire upon student protesters marching in Jinotepe, Carazo. The Guardias shot four people dead….
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WRITER’S NOTE: An earlier version of this post stated that Cuba had been the only country suspended by the OAS in its entire history. That assertion was wrong. Honduras was suspended under the Democratic Charter in 2009. Cuba’s suspension predates…
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The 49th Regular Session of the OAS General Assembly kicked off this Wednesday in Medellín. The organization is expected to vote on a resolution addressing the situation in Nicaragua. The resolution was put forth by the Working Group on Nicaragua,…
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The Ortega-Murillo dictatorship is determined to survive until at least 2021, as demonstrated by the latest violations of civil and political rights and the utter refusal to release over 80 political prisoners that remain incarcerated. Constant violations are clear evidence…
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Even though the Ortega-Murillo government has fully released 106 political prisoners under an Amnesty Law, several amnesty recipients have denounced police harassment, and there are at least two people who have been unable to return home at all. Olesia Muñoz,…
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The Ortega-Murillo Interior Ministry (MIGOB) announced today the release of 56 more political prisoners, under the new amnesty law. The amnesty law, though also ensuring that no Ortega-Murillo operatives will be investigated or tried for possible crimes against humanity as…
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The Ortega-Murillo legislature passed a polemic Amnesty Law on Saturday, after the entire Sandinista block voted in the affirmative. The law is a de-facto pardon for regime operatives, who may have committed crimes against humanity, as indicated by the Interdisciplinary Group…
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The long-expected Amnesty Law has finally made it to the Nicaraguan National Assembly. This afternoon, the Sandinista proposal was leaked by the local independent press. The bill includes the signatures of seemingly every Sandinista legislator; it is expected pass on…
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