Tag: Daniel Ortega

• 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.

• Monday, December 16th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolivarian countries call Evo's departure from presidency “a coup d'état”

  

  Dignitaries of several Latin America and Caribbean countries Saturday criticized the uprising that led the resignation of Evo Morales as president of Bolivia in - which was dubbed a “coup d'état” in a joint statement in Havanna on the closing day of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) summit to celebrate the grouping's 17th anniversary.

• Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  OAS condemns arrest of relatives of political prisoners in Nicaragua

  

  The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) has expressed its concern and condemns the latest acts of repression and detention of protesters reported in Nicaragua.

• Tuesday, October 15th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  EU sanctions on Nicaragua for Ortega's human rights abuses and repression

  

  The European Union adopted a sanctions framework for Nicaragua on Monday over human rights abuses and repression in the Central American country under leftist President Daniel Ortega.

• Monday, September 16th 2019 - 08:58 UTC

  Nicaragua bars entry of OAS commission sent to broker end to the political crisis

  

  A commission from the Organization of American States seeking to help broker an end to a political crisis in Nicaragua said on Sunday the government of President Daniel Ortega had barred its entry into the Central American country.

• Friday, May 24th 2019 - 16:51 UTC

  Opposition deems strike in Nicaragua a success

  

  The streets of Nicaragua's main cities were empty and almost every store remained unopened during Thursday's nationwide strike which was considered a success by opposition leaders, it was reported.