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8M El Salvador

8M: El parche judicial contra delitos de feminicidios que no convence en El Salvador

marzo 8, 2023

*La Asamblea Legislativa aprobó por mayoría una reforma al Código Penal la nulidad de la prescripción para feminicidios. **En 2022 las autoridades registraron 53 feminicidios simples y, un año antes, en 2021, hubo 80 casos. ***En los primeros dos meses […]

Manuel Orozco

Manuel Orozco: Daniel Ortega prepares for a succession of power favoring his wife, Rosario Murillo

febrero 27, 2023

*Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development Program of the Interamerican Dialogue analyzed the liberation of political prisoners in Nicaragua, which was possibly one of Daniel Ortega’s parting acts as he readies for the succession of power to […]

Suyén Barahona

Suyén Barahona, exiled from the country, is committed to “ending this cycle of dictatorships” in Nicaragua

febrero 27, 2023

*The former political prisoner spent her days in a “very dark” cell at El Chipote prison. Her deteriorated physical appearance confirms a pattern in the torture that Daniel Ortega’s regime implements on its prisoners. **As punishment, the former guerrilla fighter […]

Mildred Rayo

Mildred Rayo, member of the Nicaraguan Alianza Universitaria who never contemplated exile

febrero 26, 2023

*The student leader was detained on November 1, 2022, prior to the municipal elections at an army checkpoint. **She was confined to a police cell in Managua for several months, where there was no bathroom, the authorities left the lights […]

Max Jerez

Daniel Ortega’s regime hid mother’s death from student leader Max Jerez

febrero 26, 2023

*According to Nicaraguan law, the incarcerated have the right to attend their family members’ funerals, but the authorities did not let Jerez exercise this right. **The former prisoner reported that many of them were taken to punishment cells or isolation […]

Moisés Leiva

Former political prisoner Moisés Leiva: Daniel Ortega’s regime is “about to fall”

febrero 26, 2023

*Moisés Leiva was imprisoned for participating in the protests that occurred in the city of Matagalpa in 2018. He spent six months in prison and was recaptured in 2019 because he continued to denounce the regime. **His sister was also […]