Tag: Daniel Ortega

• Friday, June 25th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Nicaraguan President says jailed opponents wanted to overthrow him

  

  “Do not come with the story that they are candidates,” Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said in reference to the numerous opposition politicians his regime has incarcerated over the past few weeks.

• Thursday, June 24th 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  Nicaragua says Uruguayan government is “a dictatorship” in OAS forum

  

  Nicaragua's Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Alvarado, Wednesday described Uruguay as a “dictatorship,” prompting a diplomatic rift with his colleague from the South American country.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Bachelet says Ortega regime must release all political prisoners in Nicaragua

  

  Former Chilean President and current United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet Tuesday called for the release of Nicaraguan opposition politicians who have been placed under arrest by the Daniel Ortega regime over the past three weeks.

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:41 UTC

  Argentina and Mexico recall ambassadors to Nicaragua out of concern for human rights violations

  

  The Governments of Mexico and Argentina Monday recalled their respective ambassadors in Managua, where Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is undertaking a dubious campaign towards his reelection by having his political challengers arrested.

• Wednesday, June 16th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  When 26 OAS countries condemned human rights violations in Nicaragua, Argentina was among the 5 who abstained

  

  A resolution by the Organization of American States (OAS) condemning human rights violations and massive arrests of opposition leaders by Nicaragua was supported by 26 countries, opposed by three (one of them Nicaragua), while five nations abstained from voting either way. Argentina was one of them.

• Wednesday, June 16th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Former Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolaños Geyer dies, at age 93

  

  Just when Nicaragua is going through a wave of mass arrests against political opponents of incumbent President Daniel Ortega, former President Enrique Bolaños Geyer, who had beaten him at the 2001 elections, has died Tuesday at the age of 93.

• Monday, June 14th 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  Arrests of Nicaraguan opposition leaders continue despite international condemnation

  

  The Government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega continued with its arresting spree against opposition leaders over the weekend despite international condemnation against that type of practices. The arrests bring to 12 the number of opponents detained since June 2.

• Thursday, June 3rd 2021 - 20:18 UTC

  Nicaraguan opposition leader under house arrest in what appears to be a politically-motivated maneuver

  

  The Nicaraguan Government of President Daniel Ortega has placed opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro under house arrest on charges of money laundering.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Ortega's Nicaragua approves the privatization of drinking water services

  

  The Nicaraguan parliament, controlled by the party of leftist President Daniel Ortega, on Thursday, approved a reform that will open the door to the privatization of drinking water services in the Central American nation.

• Tuesday, December 31st 2019 - 12:24 UTC

  Nicaragua president Ortega's authoritarian regime Ortega releases 91 opposition prisoners

  

  Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government on Monday released 91 opposition prisoners held following a deadly crackdown on 2018 protests in the Central American country. Among those released was Belgian-born student leader Amaya Coppens, her family and a local rights organization said.