English
Filtrar por fecha
-
Refinery in Colón: A Dream Cut Short for “Chico” López Who Arrived in Honduras with His Assets
*Francisco “Chico” López, the “preferred operator” for the Presidents of Honduras and Nicaragua, started, together with his Honduran associate, Gerardo Meraz, a refinery project currently paused but carefully followed by the ZEDE in the Bay of Trujillo in the Department of Colón. **Designated by OFAC for money laundering, “Chico” López found a Honduran partner connected…
17 minutos de lectura
-
“Chico” López: The Nicaraguan that does Business with the Associates and Relatives of Juan Orlando Hernández in Honduras
*José Francisco López moved his illicit businesses to Honduras from Nicaragua, where he is protected by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández. **The companies that the Nicaraguan would direct in his country were sanctioned by the United States for their connection to the Venezuelan company, PDVSA, which, according to the United…
12 minutos de lectura
-
Investigation Exposes Nicaraguan Army’s Participation in 2018 Repression
**Victim testimonies, confidential interviews and reconstructions of official reports collected by a Central American think tank in an independent investigation prepared at the request of a US agency revealed that the Nicaraguan Army was never neutral; instead, it actively participated with the government of Daniel Ortega in the 2018 repression that, according to human rights…
17 minutos de lectura
-
Quality Education, the Other Victim of the Coronavirus in Honduras
**The arrival of COVID-19 in March 2020 filled the population with uncertainty. Many thought that confinement would only last about two weeks and that school would soon return to normal. Expediente Público On account of the new coronavirus pandemic, the government of Honduras ordered schools to close on March 12, 2020, as a preventive measure…
11 minutos de lectura
-
Political violence in the 2021 Honduran elections
Expediente Público In November, in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, Honduras will hold general elections to elect the country’s president, representatives and mayors. Conflict and danger are predicted for the election because it has started out without any agreement between the participating parties about a new Election Act that would have removed the…
10 minutos de lectura
-
Back to school amid pandemic, repression and political pressure
It has been three weeks since Nicaragua’s public schools opened their doors to 1.8 million students. The government has done nothing except to promote biosecurity measures in schools, even though not all schools have adequate infrastructure and the necessary resources, such as soap and water. They have not conducted the school opening with the responsibility…
8 minutos de lectura
-
Indigenous People in Nicaragua: Conquest and Colonization Even in the Twenty-First Century
Expediente Público In 2010, a few years after Daniel Ortega had returned to power in Nicaragua, mestizo settlers began an uncontrolled expansion into the autonomous regions of the Caribbean, the cradle and habitat of indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples. Human rights reports on the situation in the region have shown that over the last decade, the…
12 minutos de lectura
-
Primaries in Honduras: Test of Transparency or Fraud?
Expediente Público The primary elections in Honduras will take place on March 14, despite a general lack of confidence in the electoral system. The three predominant political parties in the country will participate and choose their candidates for the November 28 general elections. The March date will represent a political push from parties who will…
17 minutos de lectura
-
Repression Against Women: The Regime’s Anti-Feminist Efforts in Nicaragua
With Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo in power, the Sandinista Front has consolidated its discourse against women’s movements, acting out against historic women’s rights and organizational power. The actions against organizations led by women and harassment against female leaders are based on anti-woman narratives and policies that have been in place for decades but that have intensified since April of 2018, according to various feminists…
15 minutos de lectura
-
Corruption and Coronavirus in Honduras: The Most Lethal Viruses
Corruption in Honduras once again shows its talons during the country’s quarantine and demonstrates the incompetence of government policies to deal responsibly with the pandemic; purchases and acquisitions of supplies and medical units are wrapped up in a network of corruption that involves diverse actors and families tied in distinct ways to the government of…
13 minutos de lectura
-
Subsisting and Risk-Taking: Women Coping with the Pandemic in Nicaragua
In Nicaragua, the Sandinista government did not want to recognize or adopt measures to reduce the impact of COVID 19, this situation forced thousands of women to take their own measures in order to balance the need to protect their families and the need to survive economically. In Nicaragua, the Sandinista government did not want to recognize or adopt…
7 minutos de lectura
-
Ortega-Murillo: A Regime that Abolished Historic Rights for Women and Girls
As a result of the 2020 Global Gender Gap report elaborated by the World Economic Forum (WEF), the Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo regime attempted to extract political benefits inside and outside of the country. The report placed Nicaragua among the top five countries with the greatest parity between men and women globally. However, the…
12 minutos de lectura