May 2019 - Nicaraguan Perspectives

Ortega Regime manipulates figures of political prisoners in order to not free all of them

May 23, 2019

A key agreement in the recent negotiation is the release of all political prisoners by June 18, 2019. One of the reasons why the Civic Alliance called for a National…

WORK PROGRAM OF GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND UNITY TO ESTABLISH STABILITY AND PEACE IN NICARAGUA

May 22, 2019

This was the response of the Foreign Ministry of Nicaragua to the action of the Permanent Council of the OAS yesterday, who approved a resolution calling for the liberation of…

Civic Alliance Press Release on Withdrawal from Negotiating Table and Call for National Strike

May 22, 2019

The killing of Eddy Montes has had several repercussions: 1) The majority of the business association have agreed on a National Strike for Thursday May 23, 2019, demanding that the…

Killing of Prisoner Eddy Montes

May 20, 2019

A major news story this week was the killing of Eddy Montes Praslín on May 16, 2019. He considered himself a political prisoner, as he was called to the police…

Update on the National Dialogue, May 8, 2019

May 9, 2019

The distance between the perspective of the two sides can be seen in their most recent press releases. The Government emphasizes the disruption in their economic program that benefitted the…

Ceremony in Homage of the VII Anniversary of the Journey to Immortality of Commandante Tomás Borge Martínez and the Celebration of the Day of the Workers (April 30, 2019)

May 3, 2019

This speech Daniel Ortega gave is wide ranging, touches on history of slavery, the coup attempt in Venezuela, international labor day; but it is also important in that it shows…

Message of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua to Priests, Religious, Lay Christian Faithful and all People of Good Will

May 2, 2019

This pastoral letter, a theological reflection on the Easter mystery in the current context in Nicaragua, also has clear political consequences. It was issued by the Nicaraguan Catholic Bishop´s Conference…

They Created a Suspicious Military Organization, “Defenders of the Homeland”

May 1, 2019

The news that the Ministry of the Interior approved legal status to a new NGO called "Defenders of the Homeland", composed of ex-military, created expressions of serious concern in the…