Tag: Nicaragua

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Former Nicaraguan VP calls on international community not to validate Ortega's electoral stunt with all rivals jailed

  

  Former Vice President Sergio Ramírez has launched an appeal to the international community not to recognize the outcome of November's presidential elections in Nicaragua.

• Thursday, September 16th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Ortega leads Nicaragua towards authoritarianism, says Blinken

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday said Nicaraguan President and former guerrilla leader Daniel Ortega was leading the Central American country “down the dark path of authoritarianism,” as most political opponents are arrested or charged with treason.

• Friday, September 10th 2021 - 09:27 UTC

  Nicaraguan Prosecution now after former Ortega's second-in-command

  

  The Nicaraguan Prosecutor's Office has obtained an arrest warrant against former Vice President Sergio Ramírez Mercado for “inciting acts of violence,” it was reported.

• Tuesday, September 7th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  ”How is my friend President Fernandez getting along?

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez is planning to succeed his Mexican peer next 17 September as chair of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Estates, CELAC, one of several regional organizations in the continent, but his luck seems to be in the will of a gnome dictator in one of the Caribbean Commonwealth islands, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

• Saturday, September 4th 2021 - 09:36 UTC

  Nicaraguan opposition leaders to stand trial for “treason against the homeland”

  

  Nicaragua's Judiciary Friday ruled in favour of starting criminal proceedings against three presidential candidates as well as other opposition politicians for “treason against the fatherland” and for undermining the country's sovereignty, it was announced.

• Saturday, August 7th 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  Nicaraguan electoral authorities ban opposition party altogether

  

  After weeks of arresting individual politicians and candidates, Nicaraguan authorities Friday upped their ante and chose to fully outlaw an entire opposition party.

• Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 08:04 UTC

  Nicaraguan regime reportedly arrests opposition VP candidate

  

  The Nicaraguan regime headed by former Sandinista guerrilla leader Daniel Ortega Wednesday has reportedly placed vice-presidential opposition candidate Berenice Quezada under arrest in an unprecedented streak of political persecutions as the November 7 elections loom over.

• Wednesday, August 4th 2021 - 08:27 UTC

  EU sanctions more Nicaraguan leaders including First Lady and vice-president

  

  The 27 countries of the European Union imposed new sanctions against eight Nicaraguan leaders responsible for the deterioration of democracy in the country's institutions and for repression against the opposition. The list includes the Nicaraguan vice president and First Lady, Rosario Murillo. Juan Carlos Ortega head of the official television channel, the chief of Police, and the president of the National Assembly.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Nicaraguan President to seek reelection with most opponents jailed

  

  After arresting most opposition leaders who could challenge him, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega announced Monday that he will run for a new term in office in the November 7 elections.

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Nicaraguan government continues to arrest opposition politicians

  

  Nicaragua's regime headed for Daniel Ortega has ordered the arrest of opposition presidential hopeful Medardo Mairena late Monday.