"Do you ever think about things that you do think about?" (Inherit the Wind)
The ink on the government’s “Action Plan” evaporated from the paper it was printed on Sunday morning, when the Ortega-Murillo police deployed on Carretera Masaya, in response to the March for Freedom: Eddy Montes Presente! Unidad Nacional Azul y Blanco called…
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Cities and towns throughout Nicaragua appeared deserted on Thursday, as many Nicaraguans joined in a 24-hour work stoppage and consumer strike. According to José Adán Aguerri, of the Alianza Cívica, between 60 and 70% of Nicaraguan businesses closed their doors…
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Updates: Final update – 10 PM, Managua Time. 6 PM, Managua Time 4 PM, Managua Time 3 PM, Managua Time 2 PM, Managua Time 1:30 PM, Managua Time 12 noon, Managua Time 10 AM, Managua Time Final update: Police says…
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Unidad Nacional Azul y Blanco issued a warning this afternoon: Don’t picket at Metrocentro. The warning was published via social media. Piquetes Express are scheduled for today. “We ask that the population avoid picketing at Metrocentro, because recent activities have…
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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 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 taking the weekend to consider their options, the Alianza Civica laid down the gauntlet: They will only return to the negotiation once “the Government of Nicaragua shows the country convincing proof of willingness to find solutions to the crisis,…
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