The Council of the European Union (EU) announced that the sanctions applied by that bloc against political operators and institutions of the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have been extended for one more year, given that the political and social crisis in the Central American country remains the same or worse.
In a statement, published on the official website of the EU, the Council announces its decision to extend until October 15, 2025 the “restrictive measures” imposed against 21 officials, including the vice-dictator Rosario Murillo , and three entities of the dictatorial regime of Nicaragua.
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‘Designated persons are subject to an asset freeze and EU citizens and companies are prohibited from making funds available to them. Natural persons are also subject to a travel ban, which prevents them from entering or transiting through EU territories,” the official note recalls.
The European Union applied sanctions for the first time against the political operators of the dictatorship in October 2019 “to address the deterioration of the political and social situation in Nicaragua, after the Council had repeatedly expressed its concern about the continued deterioration of human rights.” human rights, democracy and the rule of law in the country.
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) of Nicaragua, according to its weekly report from September 30 to October 6, documented that dengue cases in the country increased again. The authorities registered an increase of 9 percent, with 461 positive cases of that disease.
In the last five weeks, according to a review of Article 66 According to the weekly reports of the Minsa, 2,133 confirmed cases of dengue have been recorded in Nicaragua. In this period, in three of the five documented weeks, positive cases increased between 9 and up to 15 percent.
The week in which dengue cases increased the most in Nicaragua, in the period reviewed by this media, was from September 1 to 8, when Health authorities recorded an increase of 15 percent, with 372 new positive cases. .
The Minsa, on September 28, through its social networks, reported that they formed brigades to fight dengue, which would be sent throughout the country in search of febrile cases and elimination of breeding sites of the mosquito that transmits said disease.
On October 1, the Health authorities detailed that they formed 2,819 brigades to carry out house-to-house visits in neighborhoods and communities, where they captured and treated “1,716 people with fever.” However, they did not report the diagnosis that these patients had or if they tested positive for dengue or malaria, diseases that they seek to combat with the campaign they launched.
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At least 278 journalists were forced to leave Nicaragua in the last six years to escape persecution by the government of Daniel Ortega, according to a report released by the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED).
“The number of exiled journalists is approximately 278, including journalists, photographers and other media workers,” the NGO said in a quarterly report on press freedom in the Central American country.
The previous balance was 263, which implies that 15 journalists went into exile in the July-September quarter, according to FLED, which operates from Costa Rica.
“The intensification of state repression has forced several of them into exile and has pushed others to withdraw from the profession as a survival measure,” indicates the report, which also criticizes the legal reforms approved by Managua to silence critical voices.
