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Why Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega is cracking down on civil society
4 months ago

Why Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega is cracking down on civil society

Firstpost  

Sometimes even major developments in smaller countries don’t get the global attention that they deserve. In the biggest single crackdown, the Daniel Ortega government banned civil society groups such as the Nicaraguan Red Cross, several Catholic charities, some sports associations including chess clubs and private universities. More than 5,000 civil society groups, media outlets, social and sporting clubs, and private …

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Nicaragua cancels a controversial Chinese interoceanic canal concession after nearly a decade
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Nicaragua cancels a controversial Chinese interoceanic canal concession after nearly a decade

Associated Press  

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — After nearly a decade, Nicaragua’s congress finally canceled on Wednesday a controversial canal concession granted to a Chinese businessman that critics said endangered the environment and threatened to displace rural communities. The proposed $50 billion, 172-mile canal across this Central American nation was long viewed as a joke that later turned deadly serious. Ortega’s government claimed the …

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UN experts accuse Nicaragua’s government of abuses ‘tantamount to crimes against humanity’
9 months, 3 weeks ago

UN experts accuse Nicaragua’s government of abuses ‘tantamount to crimes against humanity’

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — A panel of U.N.-backed human rights experts on Thursday accused Nicaragua ’s government of systematic human rights abuses “tantamount to crimes against humanity,” implicating a range of high-ranking officials in the government of President Daniel Ortega. “Serious systematic human rights violations, tantamount to crimes against humanity, continue to be perpetrated by the Nicaraguan government for political reasons,” …

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U.N. experts accuse Nicaragua’s government of abuses ‘tantamount to crimes against humanity’
9 months, 3 weeks ago

U.N. experts accuse Nicaragua’s government of abuses ‘tantamount to crimes against humanity’

LA Times  

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega poses for a photo during the ALBA Summit at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba, on Dec. 14, 2021. A panel of U.N.-backed human rights experts on Thursday accused Nicaragua’s government of systematic human rights abuses “tantamount to crimes against humanity,” implicating a range of high-ranking officials in the government of President Daniel Ortega. …

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Nicaragua’s crackdown on Catholic Church spreads fear among the faithful, there and in exile
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Nicaragua’s crackdown on Catholic Church spreads fear among the faithful, there and in exile

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Nineteen priests kicked out of the country, dozens of incidents of harassment and church desecrations, rural areas lacking worship and social services: the situation for Catholic clergy and faithful in Nicaragua is only worsening in 2024, according to exiled priests, laypeople in the Central American country and human rights advocates. But those protests triggered an escalating and systematic …

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A growing friendship
1 year ago

A growing friendship

China Daily  

Claudio Frixione attends a liquor industry event in Shanghai in August. Frixione, an employee of Flor de Cana, Nicaragua's award-winning rum, received free medical care and education from the parent company of the 133-year-old brand because his parents were also its employees. Frixione says that, as Asia-Pacific marketing manager for one of the biggest Nicaraguan brands, and the only Nicaraguan …

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A growing friendship
1 year ago

A growing friendship

China Daily  

Claudio Frixione attends a liquor industry event in Shanghai in August. Frixione, an employee of Flor de Cana, Nicaragua's award-winning rum, received free medical care and education from the parent company of the 133-year-old brand because his parents were also its employees. Frixione says that, as Asia-Pacific marketing manager for one of the biggest Nicaraguan brands, and the only Nicaraguan …

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‘Rights crisis’: Amnesty report documents abuses in Nicaragua
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Rights crisis’: Amnesty report documents abuses in Nicaragua

Al Jazeera  

The government of President Daniel Ortega has been criticised for targeting dissidents and consolidating power. The human rights organisation Amnesty International has warned that the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo is deepening repression in the Central American state. “We’ve shown the continuum of repression to which Nicaraguan society has been subjected and the different …

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Nicaraguan women dig for cockles and save mangrove forests
1 year, 10 months ago

Nicaraguan women dig for cockles and save mangrove forests

The Hindu  

From a young age, Elena Martinez and other female residents of Aserradores, a small fishing community in eastern Nicaragua, learn to navigate the dense mangrove forest to extract a black mollusc from deep under the mud. While keeping food on the table, the women also help conserve the mangrove forest -- a natural barrier that harbours countless animal species and …

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Defiant ruling party supporters celebrate in Nicaragua
1 year, 10 months ago

Defiant ruling party supporters celebrate in Nicaragua

Associated Press  

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaragua’s ruling Sandinista political machine mobilized a few thousand of its faithful Saturday to celebrate the government’s decision to expel 222 opposition leaders, activists, priests, students and journalists. Carrying a portrait of Vice President and first lady Rosario Murillo, Lizbeth Chávez said “we are marching, celebrating our sovereignty, defending our sovereignty and telling the Yankee empire that …

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Nicaragua frees almost all of its political prisoners
1 year, 10 months ago

Nicaragua frees almost all of its political prisoners

NPR  

Nicaragua frees almost all of its political prisoners In a surprise move from an increasingly authoritarian government, Nicaragua has freed almost all of its political prisoners. More than 200 were put on a plane and flown to Washington, D.C. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The Nicaraguan government has freed almost all of its political prisoners - 222 were put on a plane …

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EU bishops demand release of clergy detained in Nicaragua
1 year, 10 months ago

EU bishops demand release of clergy detained in Nicaragua

Associated Press  

ROME — European bishops on Wednesday demanded the immediate release of Nicaraguan clergy detained in the government’s crackdown on the Catholic Church, saying they have been falsely accused and are being subjected to unjust persecution. Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, president of the Commission of the Bishops Conferences of the European Union, said European bishops would do “everything in their power” to …

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Nicaragua cuts diplomatic ties with Netherlands
2 years, 2 months ago

Nicaragua cuts diplomatic ties with Netherlands

Al Jazeera  

Nicaragua has accused the Netherlands of ‘repeated meddling’, after it barred the US envoy from entering the Latin American country. Nicaragua has severed diplomatic relations with the Netherlands over accusations of “interventionism”, hours after the Latin American nation said it would deny entry to the new United States ambassador because of his “interfering” attitude. “Nicaragua, faced with the repeated meddling, …

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Nicaragua shuts down 25 groups critical of President Ortega
2 years, 8 months ago

Nicaragua shuts down 25 groups critical of President Ortega

Al Jazeera  

Move comes amid months-long crackdown by Daniel Ortega’s government on civil society groups and opposition figures. Nicaragua’s parliament, controlled by allies of President Daniel Ortega, has shut down 25 nongovernmental organisations in a move slammed by the opposition as the latest example in a months-long crackdown on civil society. Ortega’s government continues to persecute and jail opposition figures and other …

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New laws in Central America are upending Biden’s fight against corruption
3 years ago

New laws in Central America are upending Biden’s fight against corruption

LA Times  

Journalist Julio López says he endured years of harassment and violence by the Nicaraguan government and its supporters for his investigative reporting on corruption and human rights. In January, Nicaragua implemented its foreign agents law, targeting groups deemed by President Daniel Ortega’s government to threaten the “security of the nation” by requiring organizations with ties to international institutions to register …

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