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Political prisoners organize protest in El Chipote prison

Sources linked to the Judicial Assistance Directorate (DAJ) of the National Police confirmed to CONFIDENCIAL that this Monday, March 28, the political prisoners held a protest in their cells at the El

March 29, 2022

Nicaragua

APEDE: We must eliminate the electoral criminal jurisdiction

The president of the Panamanian Association of Business Executives (Apede), Elisa Suárez, referred to the issue of the revocation of the lifting of the criminal electoral jurisdiction of former President Ricardo Martinelli

March 29, 2022

Panama

Former Latin American leaders denounce the Ortega regime for “crimes against humanity”

Former heads of state and government of Latin America, grouped in the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA), denounced the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo for committing “crimes

March 29, 2022

Nicaragua

They investigate an Idaan official for manipulating a sewer cover

The Institute of National Aqueducts and Sewers of Panama (Idaan) announced that an investigation was launched related to the entity’s official who was caught on video manipulating the cover of a sewer

March 29, 2022

Panama

38 detainees and 66 planes seized in anti-drug operation in Bolivia

38 people were detained and 66 planes seized during an anti-drug operation at an airfield in Santa Cruz, in eastern Bolivia, the government reported. “It is presumed that they were used to

March 29, 2022

Panama

Political prisoners of “El Chipote”, “monitored” and without the right to talk

The conditions of torture in “El Chipote” for political prisoners reach the extreme that they cannot talk to each other. The Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh) denounced that prisoners of conscience

March 29, 2022

Nicaragua

They confiscate a container with wood valued at $700 thousand that would be sent to Shanghai, China

Major Kevin Quiel, head of area A of the Colon Police Zone, said that this shipment of Cocobolo wood is valued at more than B/ 700,000.00 in the international market.

March 29, 2022

Panama

Honduras will extradite former President Hernández to the US for drug trafficking

The Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) of Honduras authorized on Monday the extradition to the United States of former President Juan Orlando Hernández (2014-2022), where he will be prosecuted for drug trafficking,

March 29, 2022

Panama

Paul Reichler: Ortega is kept in power by the “puppets” of the Nicaraguan Army

Paul Reichler, former international legal adviser to the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo at the International Court of Justice, indicated that his resignation from office was “an observation process” and

March 29, 2022

Nicaragua

In the last 24 hours Panama reports 125 new cases of Covid-19 and two deaths

The report from the Department of Epidemiology of the Minsa reveals that in Panama, 763,608 confirmed accumulated cases have been reported to date, of which 125 are new cases. For the last

March 29, 2022

Panama

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