Tag: Nicaragua
Regime-critical bishop is being investigated in Nicaragua
Published: Less than 10 min ago full screenBishop Rolando Alvarez. Image from 2018. Photo: Moises Castillo/AP/TT Nicaraguan police have opened an investigation against one of the Catholic Church’s bishops in…
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,…
Nicaragua leaves the OAS and closes its offices in Managua
The Nicaraguan government announced on Sunday April 24 that it was immediately withdrawing from the Organization of American States (OAS), which it described as ” diabolical instrument of evil »,…
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…
US President Joe Biden in Poland
Joe Biden will speak about the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, explains USA Today : “ more than two million Ukrainians have fled to Poland since the…
in Nicaragua, conviction of Cristiana Chamorro
Eight years in prison for the “pre-candidate”, title Confidential : the journalist had not even had time to appear for the presidential election last November: she had been arrested in…
25 NGOs declared outlaws
Twenty-five associations were declared illegal by Parliament on Thursday 17 March. These include organizations for the defense of human rights and freedom of information. The NGOs sanctioned by Parliament –…
Nicaragua expels Apostolic Nuncio Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag
Relations between the Vatican and Nicaragua are at their worst. The Holy See revealed on Saturday that the Apostolic Nuncio in the country, Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag had been asked to…
new salvo of heavy sentences against several opponents
Several opponents, including a sports journalist, were sentenced to heavy prison terms during one of the trials against the opposition to President Daniel Ortega. Opponents are prosecuted on the basis…
in Honduras, ex-president Hernández soon to be arrested?
The videos began to fall in the middle of the night on social networks: the press as well as passers-by gathered in front of the home of Juan Orlando Hernández,…