Nicaraguan Perspectives

Speech of Daniel Ortega on the 41st Anniversary of the Ministry of the Interior

October 27, 2020

Oct 18 was the 41st anniversary of the founding of the Ministry of the Interior, which is the Ministry in charge of the Police, Firefighters, Penitentiary system and Migration Services.…

LAW FOR THE REGULATION OF FOREIGN AGENTS (effective Oct 15, 2020)

October 20, 2020

This is a translation of the law that was approved on Oct 15, 2020 LAW FOR THE REGULATION OF FOREIGN AGENTS (approved by the National Assembly October 15, 2020) Chapter…

Miguel Mora: from Sandinista to politician persecuted by the Ortega Murillo Regime

October 19, 2020

This article recounts the personal story of Miguel Mora, founder of the news program 100% Noticias [100% News] which originally was a very pro- government, privately owned channel, but in…

Lottie Cunningham: “They want to exterminate us, create ethnocide”

October 13, 2020

Lottie Cunningham is the founder of the Center for Justice and Human Rights of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua (CEJUDHCAN) and recently won the 2020 Right Livelihood Award. Lottie Cunningham:…

We Welcome the Forceful Resolution of the European Parliament and We Demand that Ortega Withdraw the Proposed Bills

October 9, 2020

The European Parliament on October 8 passed a forceful resolution warning the Government of Nicaragua that it would apply sanctions on government officials if it passed 3 recently proposed bills…

The desperation of the Ortega Murillo regime

October 5, 2020

In the last week the Government has submitted three bills for their approval in the National Assembly, which they have the numbers to easily pass: a bill that would allow…

To achieve transitional justice in Nicaragua, the victims of the regime should not forgive and forget

September 21, 2020

Last week the big news story was that Daniel Ortega was recommending changing the longest sentence from 30 years to life, purportedly in response to the rape and murder of…

PROPOSAL FOR A COUNTRY AGENDA, Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy, NICARAGUA 2020

September 15, 2020

The week before the celebration of Nicaraguan and Latin Ameican independence (Sept 14 &15), the Civic Alliance published their proposed country agenda, which they expect will be enriched by consultation…

Who are the journalists being prosecuted? Hear their stories.

September 5, 2020

Violations of human rights continue to be reported daily: arresting a merchant for selling Nicaraguan flags, delaying medical treatment to an elderly political prisoner, threatening opposition business leaders with imprisonment…

Leak of MINSA data shows that Nicaragua has more than 9,000 positive cases of COVID-19

August 24, 2020

A number of publications last week referred to information leaked by Anonymous who hacked internal documents of the Ministry of Health, confirming what is widely believed in Nicaragua, i.e. that…