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Nicaragua ignores recommendations of the UN Human Rights Committee

The vice president of the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations Organization (UN), Vasilka Sancin, regretted that the State of Nicaragua continues to fail to comply with the recommendations made by

December 8, 2022

Nicaragua

Kidnapping of Monsignor Álvarez prevents him from celebrating his 28 years of priestly order with his parishioners

Mgr Rolando Alvarez, Bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa, celebrates this Wednesday, December 7, 28 years of priestly ministry. Unlike other years, the prelate will not be able to celebrate it with

December 8, 2022

Nicaragua

Four international NGOs, canceled for not submitting to the Foreign Agents Law

43% of registered NGOs in Nicaragua have been dissolved since 2018

At least 3,106 NGOs out of the 7,227 that were registered in Nicaragua until 2018 have been dissolved by order of the government headed by Sandinista Daniel Ortega, according to a report

December 8, 2022

Nicaragua

Murillo, “grateful” to the Virgin Mary for “strengthening peace”

On the occasion of the Gritería festivities, in honor of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the Vice President of Nicaragua, Rosario Murillo, “thanked the mother of Christ Jesus for strengthening peace and

December 8, 2022

Nicaragua

Not going: San Miguelito Christmas Parade will not be held due to the rise in COVID-19 cases, announces the Municipality

Given the increase in cases of COVID-19, the Municipality of San Miguelito decided to suspend the Christmas parade, which was scheduled to take place on December 18, 2022. “In a responsible decision

December 8, 2022

Panama

Nicaragua says that maritime delimitation with Colombia would not affect third parties

At the third meeting of Colombia and Nicaragua, in The Hague, to present oral hearings related to the “delimitation of the continental shelf” between the two countries, “beyond 200 nautical miles from

December 8, 2022

Nicaragua

Dina Boluarte, the first woman president of Peru. Pedro Castillo is arrested by the police

This Wednesday, December 7, the former president of Peru Pedro Castillo established an “emergency government”, intending to disintegrate the Peruvian Congress; However, the majority of 101 parliamentarians approved the dismissal of the

December 8, 2022

Panama

Panama indebted in the recognition of economic, social and cultural rights

The Panamanian State is in arrears in the recognition of economic, social and cultural rights, assured the Ombudsman Eduardo Leblanc González in his report on the “Current Situation of Human Rights in

December 7, 2022

Panama

Ortega’s municipal elections “were a blow to democracy,” says the observatory

The multidisciplinary Observatory Urnas Abiertas concluded this Wednesday that the results of the municipal elections of November 6 in Nicaragua, in which the Sandinistas won 100% of the mayoralties in a process

December 7, 2022

Nicaragua

Taliban carry out first public execution after taking over Afghanistan

This Wednesday, December 7, the Taliban carried out the first public execution since they took control of power in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the United States and NATO, against an Afghan

December 7, 2022

Panama

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