Tag: Nicaragua
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US and EU announce sanctions against Nicaragua on Ortega’s inauguration day
Nicaraguans living in Costa Rica held a vigil on Sunday night (9) to protest against the dictator’s new term.| Photo: EFE/Jeffrey Arguedas The United States and the European Union announced new sanctions against Nicaragua this Monday (10), as dictator Daniel Ortega takes office for his fifth five-year term, the fourth in a row. The European…
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Ortega begins his fifth term in Nicaragua after “fraudulent” elections
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. / afp The former Sandinista guerrilla, in power since 2007, takes office with the support of Russia and China, but with sanctions from the United States and the EU Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega began his fifth, fourth consecutive term on Monday, clouded with lights and shadows. The 76-year-old former Sandinista guerrilla,…
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Ortega and Murillo swear a new mandate alone in Nicaragua
A woman walks with her children in front of a mural by Daniel Ortega this Monday in Managua.OSWALDO RIVAS (AFP) Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo will take the presidential oath on Monday afternoon alone. Not only has the international community rejected the election in which they were elected without competition in November 2021, after arresting…
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Daniel Ortega will assume the position of president again, isolated from the international community
Few delegations are confirmed to attend Daniel Ortega’s inauguration after his re-election in last November’s elections, considered “illegitimate” by a large part of the international community. A bittersweet celebration. Daniel Ortega, president of Nicaragua, will be sworn in as president of the Central American country on Monday, January 10, amidst isolation from the international community…
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Colombia criticizes “opportunistic silences” by CELAC on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela
Meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States is being held in Buenos Aires| Photo: EFE/Juan Ignacio Roncoroni The Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs of Colombia, María Carmelina Londoño, criticized this Friday (7) the “opportunistic silences” of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) on human rights violations in “three countries”…
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‘Nicaragua and Venezuela are dictatorships, but not in the communist style’
30 years after the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev, December 25, 1991, and the dissolution of the USSR, it is worth asking: what is left today of 20th century communism? It may interest you: Biden warns about ‘alarming challenges’ for democracy in the world Thierry Wolton, author of the monumental trilogy A World History of Communism…
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‘Nicaragua and Venezuela are dictatorships, but not in the communist style’
30 years after the resignation of Mikhail Gorbachev, December 25, 1991, and the dissolution of the USSR, it is worth asking: what is left today of 20th century communism? It may interest you: Biden warns about ‘alarming challenges’ for democracy in the world Thierry Wolton, author of the monumental trilogy A World History of Communism…
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News Special – The year of the controversial reelection of Ortega and Murillo in Nicaragua
First modification: 12/31/2021 – 16:54 In 2021, democracy suffered a setback in Nicaragua. The political and social crisis that began in 2018 prompted various opposition groups to ally with various political parties to try to compete against Daniel Ortega in the presidential elections. After overcoming disagreements, many opponents ran, but the crackdown on their candidacies…
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Embassy building to China: further humiliation for Taiwan by Nicaragua
NAfter the diplomatic break with Taiwan, Nicaragua wants to hand over the premises of its previous embassy to the People’s Republic of China – much to the annoyance of Taipei. Taiwan’s government is protesting against the “illegal occupation of their property” and its transfer to the People’s Republic, said the foreign ministry of the democratic…
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Nicaragua seizes goods from Taiwan and delivers them to China after breaking diplomatic relations
First modification: 12/27/2021 – 23:23 The abrupt cancellation of diplomatic relations with Taiwan continues to generate controversy with the confiscation of the building where the island’s former embassy operated in Managua and which was transferred to China, with whom Nicaragua reestablished relations on December 9. Old friends, new rivals. The Nicaraguan Government announced on Sunday,…