Nicaraguan Perspectives

Independent journalism in Nicaragua continues experiencing its worst moment

April 11, 2024

Independent journalism in Nicaragua continues experiencing its worst moment By Ulises in Onda Local, April 10, 2024 Between January and March 2024 at least nine journalists saw themselves forced to…

Mons. Canales: “They have asked that there be silence.”

April 1, 2024

Mons. Canales: “They have asked that there be silence.” In La Prensa March 31, 2024 The Bishop of Danlí, Honduras, José Antonio Canales, speaks cautiously about his conversations with Mons.…

Nicaraguan priests are forced to “provide their schedules and ask permission” of the Police

March 16, 2024

Nicaraguan priests are forced to “provide their schedule and ask permission” of the Police March 15, 2024 in La Prensa The Nicaraguan lawyer Martha Patricia Molina denounced that priests feel…

Dictatorship wins the battle with the Catholic Church, which it has been able to tame in Nicaragua

March 11, 2024

Dictatorship wins the battle with the Catholic Church, which it has been able to tame in Nicaragua La Prensa, March 8, 2024 On March 7, 2024 the so called “co-president”…

Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua (GHREN) of the United Nations identify the chain of command in human rights violations and recommends “judicial investigations”

March 1, 2024

Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua (GHREN) of the United Nations identify the chain of command in human rights violations and recommends “judicial investigations” La Prensa, Feb 29, 2024…

The quiet resistance of Mons. Rolando Álvarez

February 16, 2024

The quiet resistance of Mons. Rolando Álvarez who for eleven months rejected the banishment of the dictatorship by DIVERGENTES, February 8, 2024 The firm rejection of Mons. Rolando Álvarez to…

The invasion of settlers which forces indigenous to flee their homes

February 6, 2024

This important joint investigative report done by Onda Local, La Prensa and Connectas provides important background and update to the situation of the indigenous communities in the Caribbean Coast of…

“Freedom” in exchange for banishment: how Ortega exchanges one arbitrary act for another

January 16, 2024

“Freedom” in exchange for banishment: how Ortega exchanges one arbitrary act for another In La Prensa, January 15, 2024 Even though the release of 19 priests from prison, including bishops…

Jesuit spokesperson advocates for including prayers for the bishop prisoners, Rolando Álvarez and Isidoro Mora

January 16, 2024

Even though the Ortega regime has now released the two bishops and 17 priests unjustly jailed- in fact, banishing them from the country and stripping them of their citizenship- this…

Letter to Bishops Conferences in Latin American and Caribbean

January 5, 2024

In light of the wave of attacks against the Church in the last days of 2023 which involved the jailing of a bishop, fourteen priests and seminarians, this letter urges…