A four-year-old boy has died trying to protect his one-year-old sister with his own body from a fire caused by a tablet overheating whilst it was on charge. The incident took place in the Julio Buitrago neighbourhood in the Nicaraguan capital Managua on Wednesday when the children were with their…
Story By: Jonathan Macias, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News These images show the words cut into a Nicaraguan citizen’s skin by the police force on the orders of their government “to spread fear” among the opposition, according to a top human rights lawyer. Pablo Cuevas, an attorney from the Permanent Human Rights…
Story By: Jonathan Macias, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency:Central European News An indigenous leader in Nicaragua has been found dead with a gunshot wound to his head after recently criticising the Sandinista National Liberation Front socialist party led by President Daniel Ortega. Indigenous political leader Mark Rivas was found dead in the city of Bilwi, also known…
Story By: Jonathan Macias, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News The 39-year-old Nicaraguan newspaper El Nuevo Diario has suspended publication for the first time because the government has allegedly blocked all ink and paper imports at customs. This comes as the international media report a return to repression for the country with soldiers on the streets. The…
