Tag: Nicaragua

Saturday, February 25th 2023 - 09:27 UTC
Stateless Nicaraguan writers accept new South American nationalities

Writers Sergio Ramírez and Gioconda Belli, who were stripped of their Nicaraguan citizenship by the Daniel Ortega regime which declared them “traitors to the homeland,” have made up their minds on which nationalities to accept from the multiple offers from various Latin American countries who jumped in not to leave them stateless.
Wednesday, February 22nd 2023 - 10:54 UTC
Chilean, Argentine nationalities available to Nicaraguan stateless expatriates

The Governments of Chile and Argentina are among those who would grant citizenship to the Nicaraguan expatriates who were expelled from their country earlier this month and stripped of their nationality on treason charges, it was reported Tuesday.
Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 10:51 UTC
Nicaragua releases over 200 political prisoners, sends them to the US

The Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega has released over 200 political prisoners and sent them over to the United States, it was reported in Managua. The beneficiaries of the move, including opposition leaders, priests, and critics of the government, were transferred to the El Chipote prison late Wednesday and boarded a plane in the early hours of Thursday, according to journalist Tifani Roberts, who currently resides in the United States.
Wednesday, October 19th 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Nicaraguan gov't outlaws another 58 NGOs

The Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega has canceled the registrations of 58 other NGOs “for being in abandonment and having between 2 and 27 years of non-compliance in accordance with the laws that regulate them,” it was reported in Managua.
Friday, September 30th 2022 - 18:55 UTC
Chilean President a “lapdog” of the US for Nicaragua's Ortega

Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega Wednesday dubbed Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font a “lapdog” of the US administration and insisted it had become fashionable to request the release of political prisoners in his country.
Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:12 UTC
Mexico/US border migrants' record arrests; mostly from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua

New figures from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), indicate that 2.15 million migrants were detained at the US/Mexico border over the past year, a 24% increase, but with a drastic change in the origin of the new migrants, since the fastest growing number are from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.
Tuesday, September 20th 2022 - 18:22 UTC
Chile will have a new Constitution soon, Boric tells UN General Assembly

Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York that his country would have a new Constitution “shortly” after the Sept. 7 attempt to get a progressive text approved through a referendum failed to get past the vote of the citizenry.
Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 09:34 UTC
UNHCHR issues statement against Nicaragua's regime

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has exposed in a document released Tuesday Nicaragua's disregard for civil liberties nationwide.
Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 10:30 UTC
Nicaraguan regime releases pictures of political prisoners

The Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega has been criticized Wednesday by human rights organizations after pictures of the country's political prisoners were released.
Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:22 UTC
Pope admits “worry and pain” for Nicaragua, but no word for a bishop's arrest and persecution of priests and nuns

The ongoing conflict between the Nicaraguan government and Church was mentioned on Sunday by Pope Francis but certainly not with the commitment expected by Catholics both in the Central American country and his faithful in the region. The Catholic church in Nicaragua has been under increasing pressure from the government of ruling couple, president Daniel Ortega and vice-president Rosario Murillo, the latest of which has been the arrest of a much respected loved bishop and several priests.