Tag Archives: Ortega, Daniel

The New York Times 4:07 pm on May 5, 2022
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Nicaragua’s Secretive Ruling Family Reaches Out Quietly to the U.S.

Sanctions intended to thwart the president’s dictatorial actions have hit his family and inner circle hard. More pain is expected as sanctions hit Russia, an ally.

#chamorro-carlos-fernando, #embargoes-and-sanctions, #international-relations, #murillo-rosario, #nicaragua, #ortega-daniel, #politics-and-government, #russian-invasion-of-ukraine-2022, #united-states, #united-states-international-relations

The New York Times 9:00 am on May 3, 2022
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Cuban Migrants Arrive to U.S. in Record Numbers, on Foot, Not by Boat

Political repression and escalating economic difficulties on the island, along with a new visa-free travel policy in Nicaragua, are some of the factors driving the change.

#cuba, #illegal-immigration, #immigration-and-emigration, #ortega-daniel, #politics-and-government, #united-states-international-relations

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 15, 2022
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A World Away From Ukraine, Russia Is Courting Latin America

The Ukraine crisis has revived a struggle over Latin America between the U.S. and Russia, as Vladimir V. Putin seeks greater influence in the region.

#argentina, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #bolsonaro-jair-1955, #brazil, #china, #colombia, #cuba, #defense-and-military-forces, #economic-conditions-and-trends, #fernandez-alberto-1959, #latin-america, #nicaragua, #north-atlantic-treaty-organization, #ortega-daniel, #politics-and-government, #putin-vladimir-v, #russia, #ukraine, #united-states-international-relations, #venezuela, #war-and-armed-conflicts

The New York Times 3:33 pm on February 14, 2022
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Nicaragua Seizes Universities, Inching Toward Dictatorship

Many see the move as President Daniel Ortega’s latest effort to clamp down on dissent, after persecuting political opponents and extending his time in office.

#colleges-and-universities, #costa-rica, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #murillo-rosario, #nicaragua, #ortega-daniel

The New York Times 1:59 am on December 10, 2021
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Taiwan Loses Nicaragua as Ally as Tensions With China Rise

The nation switched diplomatic allegiance to Beijing, leaving 13 nations and the Vatican still recognizing Taiwan as a sovereign nation.

#biden-joseph-r-jr, #china, #nicaragua, #ortega-daniel, #taiwan, #tsai-ing-wen, #united-states-international-relations

The New York Times 10:00 am on November 7, 2021
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In Nicaragua Election, Ortega Crushes Dissent

President Daniel Ortega quashed the opposition and struck fear in voters, all but guaranteeing his victory in a presidential contest on Sunday.

#elections, #human-rights-and-human-rights-violations, #nicaragua, #ortega-daniel

The New York Times 2:36 pm on September 5, 2021
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‘Everyone Is on the List’: Fear Grips Nicaragua as It Veers to Dictatorship

A crackdown on opposition by President Daniel Ortega leaves Nicaraguans to wonder: Who is next?

#elections, #human-rights-and-human-rights-violations, #immigration-and-emigration, #managua-nicaragua, #nicaragua, #ortega-daniel, #political-prisoners

The New York Times 8:48 pm on June 20, 2021
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Enrique Bolaños, Former President of Nicaragua, Dies at 93

A conservative leader who fought corruption and pushed for economic progress, Mr. Bolaños believed that his country was in a time of crisis.

#central-america, #deaths-obituaries, #latin-america, #nicaragua, #ortega-daniel, #politics-and-government

The New York Times 10:44 pm on June 17, 2021
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Nicaragua Denies Entry to New York Times Journalist Amid Escalating Crisis

The refusal to admit the reporter comes amid a nationwide crackdown on journalists, opposition politicians and civil society groups.

#anatoly-kurmanaev, #central-america, #false-arrests-convictions-and-imprisonments, #freedom-of-the-press, #latin-america, #media, #nicaragua, #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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

#baseball, #bukele-nayib, #central-america, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #murillo-rosario, #ortega-daniel, #pan-american-health-organization, #quarantines, #soccer

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