Tag: Daniel Ortega

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Cristiana Chamorro given 8-year sentence in Nicaragua

  

  Nicaraguan opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro Barrios was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for “money laundering, property and assets laundering, misappropriation and improper retention, abusive management, and ideological falsehood,” it was reported in Managua.

• Monday, March 14th 2022 - 09:32 UTC

  Nuncio expelled from Nicaragua, opposition leader found guilty

  

  Vatican authorities have condemned over the weekend the decision by Nicaragua's regime of Commander Daniel Ortega to expel the nuncio from Managua. The Central American government's measure was enacted a week ago but not until this weekend was it made public, it was reported.

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Colombia pulls ambassador from Managua following Ortega's berating remarks

  

  The Government of President Iván Duque Wednesday pulled its Ambassador from Managua after Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega said Colombia was a “narco-state” where social leaders were murdered daily.

• Friday, February 11th 2022 - 21:20 UTC

  Nicaraguan opposition leaders handed down prison sentences

  

  The Nicaraguan regime of President Daniel Ortega has sentenced seven opposition leaders to serve time in prison in a new episode of the repression saga the Central American country is going through.

• Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  OAS condemns presence in Nicaragua, of Iranian official accused of aggravated murder by Argentine justice

  

  Twenty-two-country members from the Organization of American States, OAS, on Wednesday approved a strong statement condemning the presence of the Iranian official Mohsen Rezai in Nicaragua during the taking office ceremony of president Daniel Ortega. Rezai has been indicted by Argentine Justice for his alleged masterminding of the 1994 attack on the Jewish organization Amia in Buenos Aires killing 85 people and injuring dozens.

• Wednesday, January 12th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Once again, Argentine diplomacy major blunder, this time in Nicaragua

  Argentina again commits a major diplomatic blunder, this time at the taking office ceremony of Nicaraguan president-dictator Daniel Ortega. The four-time president was reelected in what has been considered a fraudulent, illegitimate voting process with some forty opposition members, including presidential hopefuls, imprisoned and impeded from participating.

• Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 09:37 UTC

  Ortega sworn in for fifth term, fourth in a row, and second with his wife

  

  Commander Daniel Ortega Monday received the Nicaraguan presidential sash from Parliament Speaker Gustavo Porras at Managua's Plaza de la Revolución during a ceremony attended by allies such as Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro and Cuba's Miguel Díaz-Canel.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 00:18 UTC

  Luxembourg ends diplomatic mission in Nicaragua

  

  Luxembourg has announced the withdrawal of its embassy in Managua while diplomatic ties with Nicaragua will be handled by the Embassy in Washington, DC as of Feb. 1. Charge d'Affaires Joe Geisbusch will end his mission Jan. 30.

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Nicaragua hands over Taiwanese Embassy to Chinese authorities

  

  Nicaragua's Government has seized former Taiwan's Embassy in Managua and handed it over to China, which maintains the Asian island is nothing but a rogue province.

• Friday, December 10th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Nicaragua severs ties with Taiwan, “rogue Chinese territory”

  

  The Nicaraguan Government of President Daniel Ortega Thursday announced it was cutting all diplomatic ties with Taiwan, citing “that in the world there is only one single China” whose legitimate government is that of the People's Republic.