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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNicaragua: two years of impunity
The civic and social demonstrations that began in April 2018 were intensely repressed, causing multiple human rights...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHarassment and persecution of the voices denouncing repression in Nicaragua
There is a pressing need for the international community to recognize the right to defend rights and to provide a...
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Published in: HomeSenseless repression gives a meaning to Nicaraguan rebellion
The crisis that has been shaking Nicaragua since April cannot be understood without considering the way in which it...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta#CrisisEnNicaragua: government repression is creating a migratory wave
Nicaragua is producing a second migratory wave in Latin America due to the economic and political situation in the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNicaragua becoming a regional safe haven for Latin American fugitives
The recent granting of political asylum in Nicaragua to a fugitive from Guatemala is the latest sign that the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIs the Nicaraguan mega-canal failure good news for indigenous communities?
The issue of the mega-canal project is very telling of how Nicaragua's ruler, Daniel Ortega, deals with public...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNicaragua’s failed coup
While the international pressure continues, by mid-July it became clear that, for the time being at least, the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDaniel Ortega, a tyrant hanging on by a thread
The President of Nicaragua doesn’t appear to understand that the widespread mobilisations against him are a result...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta#SOSNicaragua: What you need to know about the repression in Nicaragua
350 dead, 100 missing and appalling violations of human rights is the new norm in a country ruled by a tyrant...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNicaragua facing the horror of unbridled repression
The popular outburst against repression finds Nicaraguans disjointed and disorganized. Restoring the social fabric,...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe drift towards a brutal dictatorship in Nicaragua
Resorting to extreme violence has caused the Ortega/Murillo regime, which operates like an old dictatorship, to lose...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNicaragua's "parapolice" groups: could they turn criminal?
Armed “parapolice” groups have played a central role in the violent repression of opposition protesters in Nicaragua...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNicaragua: Ortega/Murillo's tough exit from power
In Nicaragua, the idea that its own inhabitants are capable of running their own country and determining their...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe family-party-state nexus in Nicaragua
The recent demonstrations are the expression of deep dissatisfaction with the Ortega family regime. But in the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaUS Senate launches attack on Nicaragua poverty programmes
The so-called NICA Act, if passed, would require the US government to veto loans from international financial...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe Nicaragua Canal becomes the government’s Achilles heel
The dubious constitutionality of the law enabling its construction and its adverse impacts on Nicaraguans’ human...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNicaragua as a pawn in global geopolitics
Again, as in the 1980s, Nicaragua is making a gross political mistake: standing in the middle of the struggles for...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHuman rights vs. authoritarianism in Nicaragua
Nicaraguan human rights defenders denounce that, after the re-election of Daniel Ortega, the country is in a...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaNicaragua: there is no one to vote for!
Pronouncement No. 3 by the writers, intellectuals, politicians and leaders of Nicaraguan civil society known as the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDefending our right to live in peace and freedom – a Nicaraguan pronouncement
A group of writers, intellectuals, politicians and leaders of Nicaraguan civil society express concern over the...