“The Ortega regime reactivated the process to approve the two new repressive laws with which it will criminalize the publications of citizens on social networks and of the media, as well as the financial espionage of organizations, companies and individuals that receive financing from associations and foreign governments." Read original article (in Spanish)
“A new tax assessment is being levied against Nicavisión SA, the company that owns Channel 12, by the General Income Directorate (DGI). The institution demands seven million cordobas (US $ 201,125) from the television station and does not accept proof of the expenses and investments that the company has made in recent years. This new […]
"In an increasingly fraught climate for independent media in Nicaragua, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the writers’ association PEN International call on the country’s legislators to reject a bill under which many journalists would have to register as 'foreign agents.' With its declared aim of 'preventing crimes against state security,' the proposed 'Law regulating foreign […]
"Judge Deyanira Traña, in charge of the Bluefields Local Criminal Court, declared the journalist and editor-in-chief of Radio La Costeñísima, Kalúa Salazar, 'guilty' this Wednesday morning, Sept. 23, for the crime of calumnia (defamation), after publishing the report: 'Corruption is uncovered in the Mayor's Office of the El Rama municipality'... Salazar, upon leaving the Bluefields […]