Max Jerez: The jail conditions were merciless Max Jerez: The jail conditions were merciless The student leader and released political prisoner explains that he learned a month later about his mother’s death Redacción Confidencial · 13 de febrero 2023 CONFIDENCIAL · 5 de octubre, 2021
Esperanza Sanchez: “I was brought out for interrogations many times at night” Esperanza Sanchez: “I was brought out for interrogations many times at night” This woman was imprisoned for a little over three years by the dictatorship that now exiled her, but she hopes “not to die outside my country.” Mosaico CSI · 13 de febrero 2023 CONFIDENCIAL · 5 de octubre, 2021
Nicaragua: Banishment and civil death is an elusive freedom Nicaragua: Banishment and civil death is an elusive freedom A total of 222 Nicaraguan political prisoners were sent to the United States by the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo Héctor Schamis · 12 de febrero 2023 CONFIDENCIAL · 5 de octubre, 2021
Pope Francis laments sentencing of Bishop Alvarez Pope Francis laments sentencing of Bishop Alvarez The pontiff said that he prays for “all those who suffer in that beloved nation” and reiterated his call for dialogue Redacción Confidencial · 12 de febrero 2023 CONFIDENCIAL · 5 de octubre, 2021
The Nicaragua Prisoner Release in a Regional Context The Nicaragua Prisoner Release in a Regional Context The release of the Nicaraguan political prisoners is a highly relevant turn of events in favor of the region’s human rights Gerardo Arreola · 12 de febrero 2023 CONFIDENCIAL · 5 de octubre, 2021
Exiled Nicaraguan Prisoners Remain Committed to Struggle Exiled Nicaraguan Prisoners Remain Committed to Struggle “Prison changes you. But we are still committed to bring about change,” Felix Maradiaga and Juan Sebastian Chamorro stated Redacción Confidencial · 12 de febrero 2023 CONFIDENCIAL · 5 de octubre, 2021
Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Alvarez Receives 26-Year Sentence Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Alvarez Receives 26-Year Sentence In an express closed-door political trial on February 10, a court at the service of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship, condemned the bishop of Matagalpa Redacción Confidencial · 11 de febrero 2023 CONFIDENCIAL · 5 de octubre, 2021
Spain offers to nationalize Ortega’s 222 banished prisoners Spain offers to nationalize Ortega’s 222 banished prisoners Spain’s foreign minister, Jose Manuel Albares: “the process to be used is that of granting Spanish citizenship via a naturalization certificate” Redacción Confidencial · 11 de febrero 2023 CONFIDENCIAL · 5 de octubre, 2021
Accommodation needed for 170 political prisoners exiled to the U.S. Accommodation needed for 170 political prisoners exiled to the U.S. A Network of Nicaraguans in the USA have launched an online initiative to find a “home” and air transportation for those exiled by Ortega Redacción Confidencial · 11 de febrero 2023 CONFIDENCIAL · 5 de octubre, 2021
Ortega imprisons Bishop Alvarez for refusing banishment Ortega imprisons Bishop Alvarez for refusing banishment Ortega calls the bishop a “terrorist”, “mad” and “unhinged”, and confesses that his regime still has three priests in jail Iván Olivares · 10 de febrero 2023 CONFIDENCIAL · 5 de octubre, 2021