Tag Archives: Ortega, Daniel

The New York Times 9:54 pm on June 9, 2021
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In Nicaragua, Repression Deepens as More Opposition Leaders Are Detained

With a stunning wave of arrests of political opponents and civil society leaders, President Daniel Ortega will practically be unopposed in November elections.

#embargoes-and-sanctions, #nicaragua, #ortega-daniel, #political-prisoners, #politics-and-government, #united-states-international-relations

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The New York Times 9:30 pm on June 6, 2021
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Nicaragua’s Democracy Hangs by Thread as Crackdown Deepens

Under President Daniel Ortega, the country is a step away from becoming a one-party state. Money-laundering charges against his main rival have heightened concerns.

#international-crisis-group, #murillo-rosario, #nicaragua, #organization-of-american-states, #ortega-daniel, #politics-and-government

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The New York Times 9:00 am on July 29, 2020
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Latin America Is Facing a ‘Decline of Democracy’ Under the Pandemic

The coronavirus is battering Latin American health systems and economies. It is also threatening the region’s fragile political freedoms.

#anez-chavez-jeanine, #bolsonaro-jair-1955, #caribbean-area, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #latin-america, #lopez-obrador-andres-manuel, #maduro-nicolas, #ortega-daniel, #politics-and-government

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The New York Times 2:16 pm on July 19, 2020
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Nicaragua’s Ruling Sandinistas Fall Victim to Covid-19, Highlighting the Disease’s Spread

The haphazard, politicized response to the pandemic by the country’s leaders has put the government’s own officials and supporters at particular risk.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #deaths-fatalities, #murillo-rosario, #nicaragua, #ortega-daniel, #sandinista-national-liberation-front

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The New York Times 4:33 pm on June 16, 2020
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Edén Pastora, ‘Commander Zero’ in Nicaragua, Dies at 83

A hero of the 1979 Sandinista revolution, he later turned on his comrades in arms, mounting an international campaign of political pressure and later guerrilla attacks inside the country.

#commander-zero, #deaths-obituaries, #nicaragua, #ortega-daniel, #pastora-gomez-eden, #sandinista-national-liberation-front, #somoza-debayle-anastasio

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The New York Times 2:41 pm on May 31, 2020
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Resisting Lockdown, Nicaragua Becomes a Place of Midnight Burials

The country is one of the last to reject the strict measures introduced globally to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Families say they are paying the price.

#cemeteries, #central-america, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #managua-nicaragua, #nicaragua, #ortega-daniel, #pan-american-health-organization, #pneumonia

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The New York Times 9:00 am on April 14, 2020
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Despite Pandemic, This Country Has a Full Sports Calendar

Baseball and soccer leagues carry on in Nicaragua, whose public health officials report relatively few coronavirus cases. Many others have doubts.

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The New York Times 10:15 pm on April 1, 2020
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Brazil and Coronavirus: Defiant Bolsonaro Dismisses Threat

President Jair Bolsonaro, who has called the virus a “measly cold,” is the sole major world leader continuing to question the merits of lockdown measures to fight the pandemic.

#bolsonaro-jair-1955, #brazil, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #epidemics, #indigenous-people, #latin-america, #nicaragua, #ortega-daniel, #pan-american-health-organization, #rio-de-janeiro-brazil

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