The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo imposed a millionaire fine on the political prisoner and presidential candidate Christiana Chamorro Barriosafter charging him with the crime of money laundering and others.
The court ruling, to which he had access Article 66, details that the journalist must serve eight years in prison and pay the State more than one million 600 thousand dollars and 56 million cordobas. The same millionaire fines were imposed on former employees of the Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation, Walter Gómez and Marcos Fletes, and the driver Pedro Vásquez.
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The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) called for “closing ranks to prevent the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship from continuing to restrict the freedoms of citizens and destroying the rule of law.”
The entity ruled after the sentences against the brothers Cristiana and Pedro Joaquín Chamorro, directors of the newspaper La Prensa. The Nicaraguan Human Rights Collective Never Again and the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh) also condemned the judicial process described as “arbitrary and unconstitutional.”
The Archdiocese of Miami, where the auxiliary bishop of Managua, Monsignor Silvio Jose Baezis organizing a workshop on political asylum and immigration status in the United States.
The religious leader shared the invitation on his social networks for Nicaraguans who are migrating to the north, whose exodus reached record numbers since the 2018 repression.
In recent weeks, the death of at least two Nicaraguan women who lost their lives trying to irregularly cross the Rio Grande, located on the border between Mexico and the United States, has been reported.
The daughters of the sanctioned Sandinista deputy Walmaro Gutierrez resigned from their diplomatic posts for unreported reasons. The Twins Maria Fernanda and Maria Michelle Gutierrez Gaitan They will leave their posts on March 31 after two years of being diplomats of the regime.
María Fernanda remained as counselor with consular functions of the Nicaraguan Embassy in Switzerland, and María Michelle was sent to New York, United States, as counselor of the Permanent Mission of Nicaragua to the UN.
The head of the Nicaraguan Army, General Julio Cesar Avileslashed out at the independent media, calling them “information manipulators and mercenaries who want the destruction of the homeland.”
The sanctioned man took advantage of the closing ceremony of the Plan for the Protection and Security of the Coffee Harvest to attack the independent press in the presence of the son of the dictatorial couple Laureano Ortega Murillo and other officials of the regime. Producers, soldiers, police officers, Sandinista mayors, the counselor of the Chinese Embassy and the head of the Russian military mission also participated in the event.
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The Ministry of Health (Minsa) reported that, in the last seven days, they registered 75 patients infected with COVID-19, which represents a decrease in cases. At the same time, the Minsa insists that in Nicaragua only one person dies a week from the disease. With these data, the country accumulates more than 18,300 confirmed cases and 229 deaths in two years.
According to independent doctors, the Minsa could hide thousands of deaths and infections. The independent Citizen Observatory indicates that more than 5,000 people have died of pneumonia or are suspected of having COVID-19 and more than 32,000 Nicaraguans have been infected.
