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 the country they have ruled since 2007. Recently, it is the cultural sector that has been targeted.
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The entertainment world must now comply with a list of requirements as long as an arm in order to perform at Nicaragua : create a file detailing the number of participants, the members of the team, the start and end time of the event and many other data… A file scrutinized by the Ministry of Interior and which the police must countersign.The idea for the regime is above all to control any opposition political messages delivered by artists during performances.
A repression that will continue…
Managua is not its first attempt at restricting freedoms. This measure copies that against NGOs, today completely monitored in their actions by the government. The church, but also the universities suspected of being centers of opposition in the country, have suffered repression from the Ortega-Murillo couple who do not intend to stop there.
In the coming days, a law on telephony will be examined in Parliament. If it is accepted, and there is little doubt about it, operators will then have to provide the authorities with detailed information on all smartphone users.