"Do you ever think about things that you do think about?" (Inherit the Wind)
In this edition OrMu team finally revealed One Hundred Political Prisoners Placed Under House Arrest OrMu Legislature Approves Tax Reform. The much anticipated negotiations between the OrMu Administration and the Alianza begin today at the INCAE, where a total of…
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In this edition: OrMu Administration Mostly Tight Lipped About Negotiations, except for pleasantries; Alianza Hints OAS and UN as Guarantors for Negotiation; OrMu Cops go After Jose Pallais; Young Man who Participated in Protests Found Murdered in Managua; Political Prisoners…
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We’re days from the start of the negotiations between the OrMu administration and the Alianza Civica. Here are news you may have missed. Miguel Mora Enters Sixth Day of Hunger Strike On February 19, journalist Miguel Mora began a hunger…
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Yesterday, Daniel Ortega announced the start of negotiations between his administration and the Alianza Civica port la Justicia y la Democracia. This new round begins on February 27. Details about the negotiations have been trickling out since the official announcement. Here…
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Author’s Note: This post has been updated to include the names of the Alianza’s negotiating team, including alternates and advisors, and their affiliations, as well as the official government announcement of the new national dialogue. Roberto Zamora, president of the Lafise…
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AUTHOR’S NOTE: This post was updated on Feb 20 to include updated information about the meeting, the identities of the businessmen who requested it, and statements by Mons. Silvio Baez of the Archdiocese of Managua. On the evening of February…
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Francisco Diaz, the highest ranking police officer in Nicaragua, sat down with Norwegian journalists Halldor Hustadnes and Henning Lillegard on November 30, 2018 for an interview that was finally published on February 2. Diaz, who was named First Police Commissioner…
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On January 18, La Prensa published a blank front page, along with an editorial titled “Have you imagined what it is like to live without information?” The editors explained that after 20 weeks of waiting for Customs to clear a shipment of…
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On Monday, January 28, OrMu’s Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Ivan Acosta, presented a proposal to reform Nicaragua’s tax code to the National Assembly. Armed with a seizure-inducing powerpoint slide deck, Mr. Acosta informed the Assembly that the…
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In April of last year, the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship decided that it was time to “reform” Nicaraguan Social Security. The INSS, Nicaragua’s Social Security Administration, has teetered on the edge of bankruptcy for years. In 2017, the International Monetary Fund…
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