More Journalists Forced into Exile: “Resisting to Continue Reporting” Journalists Julio Lopez, David Quintana and Sergio Marin tell Confidencial the reasons for their departure from Nicaragua. 15 julio, 2021 The repressive escalation of the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo targets the country’s independent press, leading to the exile of at least twenty more journalists in recent weeks. The Independent Journalists and Communicators of Nicaragua (PCIN) monitors the situation. Julio Lopez, a journalist for Onda Local; David Quintana, from the Boletin Ecologico; and Sergio Marin, from La Mesa Redonda, are three of the journalists forced to leave their country to safeguard their freedom.