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Repression of journalists in Nicaragua affects foreign press correspondents

SAN JOSE COSTA RICA – Six years after covering the socio-political crisis in Nicaragua, Oswaldo Rivas, a 57-year-old experienced photojournalist who had been working for Agence France Presse (AFP) since 2023, had

August 5, 2024

Nicaragua

The State of Nicaragua will evaluate the “loyalty” of each worker before applying the sweep, says Dora María Téllez

Dora María Téllez, a political analyst and former Sandinista guerrilla, said that the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo is prescribing a new dose of unemployment, repression and purges for which

August 4, 2024

Nicaragua

Police rescue gagged taxi driver in Arraiján

Upon receiving the alert, police units rescued the driver of a taxi, after individuals pretended to be passengers to rob him, in Vacamonte, a road that leads to the port, in the

August 4, 2024

Panama

Ortega seeks to terrorize the Catholic Church by increasing arrests of priests, says Calidh

In light of the wave of repression by the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo against 12 priests who were illegally arrested in the last week and some of whom have

August 4, 2024

Nicaragua

Forced disappearance of at least a dozen Nicaraguan priests reported

At least 12 priests have been arrested in recent days in a new wave of arrests against Catholic Church members in Nicaragua, reported a human rights NGO working from exile in Costa

August 4, 2024

Nicaragua

These are the religious figures that Ortega has ordered to be arrested in one week

The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo continues to rage against the Nicaraguan Catholic Church. This time they have unleashed a new escalation of repression with the use of force against

August 3, 2024

Nicaragua

These are the most important news of August 2, 2024

The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo is showing its economic difficulties and has decided to “tighten” the belts in the bloated payroll of “each institution, project and its directorates,” according

August 3, 2024

Nicaragua

APEDE rejects draft law that dictates provisions on amnesty, pardon, reduction of sentence and granting of conditional release

The Panamanian Association of Business Executives (APEDE) expresses its firm rejection of the draft law “Which dictates provisions on amnesty, pardon, reduction of sentence and granting of conditional freedom, modifies the Penal

August 3, 2024

Panama

Seafood Market and San Felipe Neri will close on August 5 for cleaning and fumigation

The Mayor’s Office of Panama, through its market department, informs citizens that next Monday, August 5, the Seafood Market and the San Felipe Neri Market will remain closed due to cleaning and

August 3, 2024

Panama

Family remittances grow by 11.9 percent in the second quarter of 2024

Nicaragua continues to breathe new life into its economy with the unprecedented exodus caused by the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. According to the report of the Central Bank of

August 3, 2024

Nicaragua

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