In recent days, Nicaragua has once again made international news due to a renewed wave of repression against religious freedom, expressed through the imprisonment and banishment of priests to the Vatican, and the legal cancellation of Catholic and evangelical associations. The world’s main news agencies and Catholic portals, including those of the Holy See, published…

During the last few days, the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo kidnapped and banished another seven priests, from the dioceses of Matagalpa and Estelí, headed by Bishop Rolando Álvarez, also banished and denationalized. With them, the number of priests banished in the last two years amounts to 46 and at least 200 more…

From the Nicaraguan Democratic Concertation, CDN-Monteverde, we have reaffirmed the political and legal commitments adopted by the member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) regarding democracy. We recognize the spirit embodied in the Constitutive Charter of the OAS, which «recognizes that representative democracy is indispensable for peace and development in the region», therefore,…

Maduro’s reelection through the electoral fraud of July 29th is a material and symbolic blow to the sovereignty and citizen welfare of Venezuelans and is a threat to other countries in the region.  The Nicaraguan Democratic Concertation is concerned about the course of the presidential elections in Venezuela, feeling reflected in the struggle of the…