"Do you ever think about things that you do think about?" (Inherit the Wind)
The regime’s Interior Minister, Maria Amelia Coronel, officialized the cancelation of legal status for CISAS, IEEPP, CINCO, CENIDH, HADEMOS, POPOL NAH, Instituto de Liderazgo de las Segovias (ILS), IPADE, and Fundacion del Rio. This is how Coronel explained the cancelations:…
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The Knight Center for Journalism held a webinar, titled “Nicaraguan Journalism vs. Repression.” The webinar featured activist Tanya Amador and journalist Anibal Toruño. Amador decried the relative lack of international coverage about Nicaragua, and Toruño warned that Ortega might succeed…
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Flor the Caña, the iconic Nicaraguan rum brand, is in the crosshairs, as calls for a boycott against the brand have picked up in December of 2018. It is not the first time that the brand has been boycotted,…
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Yesterday, at around 3 pm Managua time, a woman walked into the Cathedral of Managua. She headed to the confessional where she found Fr. Mario Guevara, the Cathedral’s vicar. The woman confessed and was absolved. This would have been an…
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When Daniel Ortega became president in 2007, the relationship between the Nicaraguan government and the independent press changed dramatically. It’s not that the independent press had enjoyed a particularly easy relationship with the previous administrations. However, the governments of Chamorro,…
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THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ADD COMMENTS FROM ASSEMBLYMEN RODRIGUEZ AND NAVARRO. Orteguista Assemblyman Filiberto Rodriguez introduced a law initiative that stripped the Centro de Informacion de Asesoria en Salud (CISAS) from its legal status as a non-profit. The…
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Rosario Murillo delivered her daily address on November 28 with the same poise as always. She recited psalms, praised Jehovah, congratulated Denis Moncada on his birthday, congratulated the military academy’s class of 2018, and gave kudos to the police academy…
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Today, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on Rosario Murillo and Nestor Moncada Lau, one of her closest henchman. The sanctions freeze and block access to any assets and/or property that the two may have in the United States. More importantly,…
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The regime’s proposal for a State Policy promoting a “Culture of Peace and Reconciliation” has now been officially released. The updated document is not that different from the original draft. The policy has been reorganized and language that roots it…
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In 1969, the Sandinistas presented a vision for Nicaragua to the people. This vision was captured in the “Historic Program of the FSLN”. It promised, among other things, a “Revolutionary government” that would guarantee “that all citizens can fully exercise…
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