Three years after crackdown, Nicaraguan church still sees repression
A man holds a photo of Álvaro Gómez during a protest in Managua, Nicaragua, May 10, 2018. Gómez was killed during a protest over reforms of pension plans of the Nicaraguan Social Security Institute. The protest was organized by the Mothers of April Movement to demand justice from President Daniel Ortega s government. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)
By David Agren • Catholic News Service • Posted April 26, 2021
Father Edwin Román celebrated Mass recently for the family of university student Álvaro Gómez, who was killed three years ago in demonstrations against the Nicaraguan government.
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On March 17, a rock guitarist and a former Miss Nicaragua arrived smiling at a busy food truck spot in Managua, Nicaraguaâs capital, to drink craft beer. All eyes were on the couple. Outside on the street, four patrol cars were parked with more than a dozen police officers inside. The surprise? Juan Carlos Ortega Murillo and Xiomara Blandino, the son and daughter-in-law of the countryâs vice president were out socializing. They had not been seen in public since April 2018, when protests broke out across the country against the government.
The image was reminiscent of the days when Juan Carlos, an inveterate rocker, played bass guitar in concerts with his band Ciclo. The days before Nicaraguans took to the streets in their thousands to protest against the government, and a brutal crackdown in response caused the deaths of more than 320 protesters. The coupleâs return to public life seems to indicate that the stay-at-home order imposed by Juan Carlosâs mother, Vice
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The Evolution of Ortega’s Corruption in Nicaragua
A generation of children and teens born after 2007 have grown up under the enormous, omnipresent billboards of the presidential couple.
18 abril, 2021
Every so often, I’m asked about democracy in Nicaragua, before talking about the human rights violations. The latter have been international news since the April 2018 rebellion. To explain how badly we’re doing with democracy, I turn to look at my own family. My sons are ten and twelve years old, and the only president they’ve ever known is Daniel Ortega.
A generation of children and teens born after 2007 have grown up under the enormous, omnipresent billboards of the presidential couple. They’ve lived with the exotic metal trees Vice President Rosario Murillo installed in Managua. They’ve been exposed to endless official propaganda clips of the poor appear thanking “the