The annual report of the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (cenidh) determined that the regime of Daniel Ortega violated 16 human rights during the so-called “null trials” or “political trials” against opponents, which were carried out in private and in prison with the “complicity of an independent Judiciary.”
Among those violations of the law, which left more than thirty opponents sentenced under accusations indicated as spurious, the violation of the right to physical, mental and moral integrity stands out; to individual freedom; to his honor and reputation; to the inviolability of their home and their communications of all kinds.
Cenidh also documents that the Nicaraguan justice system denied political prisoners their right to choose a defense attorney and effective judicial protection.
The United States Department of State described as “unfounded” the crimes that the Ortega dictatorship presented against the bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa, Monsignor Rolando Álvarez Lagoswho for more than five months has been under “house arrest.”
A spokesman for the Joe Biden government assured the voice of america (VOA), that the charges brought against the religious leader are a “clear violation of human rights and the rule of law.”
The US administration also stressed that in recent months the “regime” of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has increased the repression against the people of Nicaragua, because it has imprisoned priests and laity; and has forced the closure of Catholic radio stations.
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The Daniel Ortega regime will increase the public sector salary by 5% in 2023. The government spokesperson and Ortega’s wife, Rosario Murillo, reported that the readjustment will be made as of the salary payment for the month of February.
The measure applies to some 160,000 workers, including those who work in the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education. Currently, based on official data, the minimum wage in Nicaragua is equivalent to about a third of the cost of the basic food basket.
The United States embassy in Managua reported that the humanitarian parole to the first Nicaraguan citizens who applied to the new immigration program, without specifying the number of beneficiaries.
With this two-year residence permit, the pinoleros will be able to fly to the North American country and will have regular status with access to work.
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The United States announced on January 5 that it will accept up to 30,000 migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti every month through this new immigration plan.
the body of the Nicaraguan migrant Anggy Díaz, 21-year-old, murdered by her partner, Jared Dicusin Waller County, Texas, United States, will be repatriated to his native Chinandega, with the effort made by his relatives through a GoFundMe account to obtain the money requested by the authorities.
The family sought help at the Nicaraguan consulate in Houston, but said they were turned away.
US media report that the 21-year-old femicide Jared Dicus, who remains in a Texas jail with $500,000 bail, was formally charged with the heinous murder against the young woman.
Citizen networks of the observatory open polls confirmed the dismissal of the eternal Sandinista mayor Jaime Arauz Centeno from the El Tuma-La Dalia municipality, Matagalpa department, just nine days after receiving the credentials to continue in office until the year 2027.
Aráuz had been in the position for more than 22 years; he had been appointed local government coordinator since 1989 when the municipality was created. In the first elections of 1990 he was elected mayor. Since then he had served five terms in different periods, the last two consecutively, the observatory indicates.
