Tag: Daniel Ortega
In Nicaragua, the parliament grants more power to the autocratic presidential couple | News in brief
President Daniel Ortega and his vice-presidential wife Rosario Murillo are tightening their grip on the country’s media, among other things. In Nicaragua, the Sandinista-dominated parliament has unanimously approved constitutional reforms…
the world of entertainment targeted by numerous restrictions on freedom
In Nicaragua, the presidential couple continues their operation to restrict freedoms. Daniel Ortega and his wife, vice-president Rosario Murillo, are passing numerous laws aimed at increasingly establishing their control over…
Spanish citizenship offered to 222 expelled political prisoners
Madrid decided on Friday, February 10, to offer Spanish nationality to more than 200 political prisoners released Thursday by Nicaragua and expelled to the United States. Earlier, the Nicaraguan authorities…
222 political prisoners released and deported to the United States
Surprise this Thursday, February 9 in Nicaragua: 222 political prisoners were released in the morning by the government of Daniel Ortega, out of 245 who would be retained in the…
logic of single party at the level of town halls, after the municipal ones
One hundred and fifty-three town halls were at stake in Nicaragua on Sunday (November 6th), and unsurprisingly in the contentious poll, the alliance led by President Ortega’s party won by…
the repression of any critical voice intensifies
New illustration of the repression of any critical voice in Nicaragua two journalists from the country’s main daily have been remanded in custody for 90 days. At the same time,…
the manager of the opposition newspaper “La Prensa” sentenced to nine years in prison
Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro was sentenced this Thursday, March 31, 2022, to nine years in prison for money laundering in one of the trials brought against opponents of President Daniel…