"Do you ever think about things that you do think about?" (Inherit the Wind)
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 elderly man made his way down the line of his faithful, as a an old campaign song, set to the tune of “Give Peace a Chance” played in the background. He shook hands, exchanged pleasantries, and stopped for a…
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On Wednesday afternoon, the negotiating teams for the Alianza Cívica and for the Ortega-Murillo administration issued a joint statement, announcing the negotiation agenda moving forward. The document, written in flawless “diplomatese”, outlines six main themes, (1) strengthening of democracy and…
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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 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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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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OrMu’s negotiators showed up to INCAE for the second day in a row, only to find themselves jilted at the altar, once more. The Alianza is holding fast. The Alianza’s absence today makes it clear that they won’t return…
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In this Edition OrMu’s Negotiators get Stood Up “Like the Bride from Tola” at the INCAE; On Political Prisoners, Organizations Demand Government Action; Yubrank Suazo Punished, After Defiant Act of Protest; OrMu Chides Alianza in Statement The Alianza Civica stuck…
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