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Strong man from Fujimori, sentenced to 17 years in prison for kidnapping a journalist in Peru

A Peruvian court sentenced Vladimiro Montesinos, the all-powerful intelligence chief of former President Alberto Fujimori, to 17 years in prison for the kidnapping of journalist Gustavo Gorriti, a critic of the autocratic

November 19, 2021

Panama

Electoral Power joins the requests to withdraw Nicaragua from the OAS

The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) – controlled by operators of the Sandinista Front – issued an agreement this Thursday in which it joins the Legislative and Justice powers to ask President Daniel

November 19, 2021

Nicaragua

US Sanctions: “Red Light” for Investments in Nicaragua’s Electricity Sector

The recent sanctions of the United States Department of the Treasury against the staff of the officials of the Daniel Ortega regime in the Nicaraguan electricity sector would remove the possibility of

November 18, 2021

Nicaragua

One of those implicated in the assassination of Jovenel Moise died

One of those allegedly implicated in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, former police officer Gilbert Dragon, died this Wednesday (November 17) in a hospital in Port-au-Prince due to an undetermined

November 18, 2021

Panama

Political prisoners: More than five months of isolation, interrogation and torture

For more than five months, the Daniel Ortega regime has subjected the incarcerated political prisoners in “the new Chipote” to constant interrogations, isolation in the dark, hunger and worsening of his chronic

November 18, 2021

Nicaragua

US orders Pfizer 10 million pills against Covid-19

The US government ordered from the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer 10 million pills against covid-19 for 5.290 million dollars, an order contingent on the approval of the drug by the competent authorities, according

November 18, 2021

Panama

Bishop Carlos Herrera, new president of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua

Monsignor Carlos Herrera, bishop of the diocese of Jinotega, in northern Nicaragua, was appointed as the new president of the Nicaraguan Episcopal Conference (CEN) for the period 2021-2021, during the Annual Assembly

November 18, 2021

Nicaragua

Canada deploys army and decrees flood emergency on Pacific coast

Canada deployed the army to help rescue the population trapped by “extreme floods” on the Pacific coast, where heavy rains led authorities to declare a state of emergency. Authorities in the western

November 18, 2021

Panama

Panamanian party will have internal elections this Sunday, November 21

This Sunday, November 21, the internal elections of the Panamanian party will be held, to choose members of the different positions that make up this political body. According to the National Elections

November 18, 2021

Panama

Ortega tries to circumvent US and Canadian sanctions with another Deputy Minister of Finance

President Daniel Ortega on Wednesday appointed Bruno Mauricio Gallardo Palaviccine, 76, as the new Deputy Minister of Finance and Public Credit (MHCP), in charge of signing all the documents of the country’s

November 18, 2021

Nicaragua

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