Nicaragua

*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 Rosario Murillo.  **The specialist affirmed to Expediente Público that the exiling of 222 former political…

*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 on, and they interrogated her for days. ***Soldiers detained her, interrogated her, and turned her…

*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 chambers without any reason other than to “cause them emotional harm.”  Expediente Público Max Jerez…

*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 imprisoned for bringing him food and was sentenced to ten years of prison. Expediente Público…

*Member of the Unidad Nacional Azul y Blanco (UNAB), Samantha Jirón spent a year and three months in prison, following her being captured by civilians in 2021.  **Now that she is free, her priority is reuniting with her family and defining her future.  ***During the “Azul y Blanco” operation, which took the former prisoners to…

*Interview with Expediente Público and Café con Voz: released political prisoner known as “La Loba Feroz,” or the “Fierce Wolf,” originally from the indigenous neighborhood of Monimbó located in Masaya, Nicaragua, tells the story of his imprisonment during which he suffered three years, ten months, and 20 days for supporting protests against the Nicaraguan regime.…

*The young woman from Managua, who was detained on November 6, 2021, was accused of “betraying her country,” as established by the Law of Cybercrimes and Law 1055 under which other political opponents have been jailed in the Central American country. **As a prisoner, she shared a cell with activists Samantha Jirón and Evelyn Pinto.…

*Even though Alcides Zeledón received three release orders, the Nicaraguan regime refused to release him from prison until he became part of the 222 exiles.  **In an interview with Expediente Público, the former political prisoner said that he “hope(d) for a change soon” in Nicaragua to have “a free homeland.”  Expediente Público  Alcides Zeledón spent…