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The political prisoner and former president of the Unión Democrática Renovadora (Unamos, formerly MRS), Ana Margarita Vijil, is the third opponent found guilty by the justice system of the Ortega-Murillo regime, for

Representatives of the collaborationist political parties that accompanied the ruling Sandinista Front in the voting process on November 7, 2021, were evasive and uninformed about the reimbursement of alleged campaign expenses that

The deputies of the National Assembly canceled this Wednesday the legal status of 16 non-profit organizations, most of them aimed at education and linked to the Catholic Church, on the grounds that

The prisoners of conscience Yader Parajón and Yaser Vado were sentenced by the Ortega justice, this first of February, during the first day of the political trials in the prison facilities of

Self-convened and members of different organizations of Nicaraguan exiles in Costa Rica, protested and called for a “boycott” against the Nicabus transport company, in a sit-in held on Sunday, outside terminal 7/10

The National Council of Rectors (CONARE) of Costa Rica condemned the repression in Nicaragua and asked the members of the Central American Higher University Council (CSUCA) not to be silent or indifferent

The Public Ministry violated the presumption of innocence of political prisoners by calling them “criminals and delinquents” in a press release reporting the reactivation of trials against prisoners of conscience imprisoned in

Although Nicaragua is not a signatory to the Rome Statute —which allowed the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC)— global law still offers options for an eventual criminal trial, against those

Bishops Rolando Álvarez and Silvio Báez, defended in their homilies the work of the Nicaraguan Catholic Church in favor of the oppressed, and the denunciation of the arbitrariness suffered by citizens, on

“I’m afraid I won’t be able to graduate.” “Young people are being robbed of the opportunity for a quality education.” “Not only are many kids going to be left without studying, but