The Government of Nicaragua blocked the broadcasts of the international news network CNN in Spanish since Wednesday night without being notified of the reason for said decision, the chain itself reported on its website.
“The Nicaraguan government has not commented on why it has taken the CNN en Español signal off the air” after 25 years operating in the country, the network said.
“CNN has tried to obtain some communication from both the Government and the cable operators that carry the CNN signal in Spanish, without obtaining a response,” he added.
The news station recalled that the United Nations has expressed concern about the attacks by the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega against “the Church, the independent press and human rights defenders in Nicaragua.”
“At CNN en Español we believe in the vital role that freedom of the press plays in a healthy democracy,” the network assured, adding that it will continue to fulfill its “responsibility to the Nicaraguan public,” offering its news through its website. internet “so they can have access to information that is not otherwise available.”
Finally, the information network expressed its support for the reports of its journalists and reaffirmed its “commitment to truth and transparency.”
Nicaragua has been going through a political and social crisis since April 2018, which has been accentuated after the controversial general elections on November 7, in which Ortega was re-elected for a fifth term, fourth consecutive and second along with his wife, Rosario Murillo, as vice president, with her main contenders in prison.
In this last stage of government, Ortega has closed at least 51 media outlets, including 23 last August, most of them owned by the Catholic Church, as well as 15 news outlets, and has confiscated different media outlets, including La Prensa, the oldest and most influential newspaper in the country.
