June 2020 - Nicaraguan Perspectives

Citizen Observatory COVID-19 Nicaragua Press Release No. 13

June 29, 2020

The Nicaraguan government has been widely criticized for its lack of transparency concerning the impact of the COVID epidemic in the country. Unlike other countries, it has not revealed the…

Writers and Intellectuals of the world demand the Government reinstate the doctors fired and respect for the freedom of expression

June 20, 2020

On Thursday June 18, 2020 writers and intellectuals from around the world published in La Prensa this following open letter to the President of Nicaragua and his Vice President wife,…

Ortega judge orders the suspension of the Mayor of Wiwilí from her post

June 16, 2020

Since October 2018 three key officials in the mayor´s office in Wiwilí, Jinotega have been murdered - Legal Advisor, Director of Municipal Services, and Director of Acquisitions. In spite of…

Juliet Hooker: “The closer you are to being indigenous, to being black, the lower you are in the racial hierarchy”

June 8, 2020

The demonstrations in hundreds of cities in the US over the police killing of George Floyd have been followed by Nicaraguans, and have resulted in discussions about race in Nicaragua.…

Press Release from 34 Nicaraguan Medical Associations

June 2, 2020

This call for a National Quarantine by 34 Medical Associations in Nicaragua is in response to the exponential growth of infections, and increasing national and international criticism of the Nicaraguan…