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Q24N (Confidencial) An escalation of repression in a police state marked the year 2024 in Nicaragua. Events included the death of Humberto Ortega – former Army head and Daniel Ortega’s brother – as a political prisoner; the consolidation of a dynastic family dictatorship via a new constitution; worsening persecution of […]

Q24N — Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino ruled out any negotiations with the United States on the Panama Cnal and tariffs for vessels from the United States after President-elect Donald Trump threatened to take back the maritime passage. At a press conference on Thursday, December 26, Mulino said: “There is […]

Q24N (AFP) – President Daniel Ortega presented a bill on Wednesday to ban the use and possession of drones in Nicaragua, according to a document to which AFP had access. “The entry and use of unmanned aerial, naval and terrestrial means is prohibited, in the national territory, by natural or […]

Q REPORTS (Confidencial) It was 2:37 on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 5th. Millions of US citizens were voting, and the winner of the presidential elections was yet to be determined. I was listening to the Fox News station on Sirius XM – a favorite of Trump’s followers – when […]

Q24N (Confidencial) The Russian government has approved a draft intergovernmental military cooperation agreement with Nicaragua proposed by the Russian Ministry of Defense and coordinated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other Russian institutions. The Russian government has tasked the Defense and Foreign Affairs Ministries with negotiating with Nicaragua and, […]

Q24N (EFE) The United States tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China will affect international trade, and therefore the Panama Canal, and will raise prices in Central America, which will have to “reposition” itself by promoting regional integration and nearshoring, analysts told EFE. The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, […]

Q24N — The National Assembly (Parliament) of Nicaragua approved on Thursday, November 28, 2024, an immigration reform that legalizes denying entry into the country to people, including Nicaraguan citizens, “who may undermine national sovereignty or represent a social risk.” The reform includes an addition to the Penal Code to punish […]

Q REPORTS — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday with “certainty” that she “never” proposed closing the border in her call with the president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, who on Wednesday affirmed that the Mexican government had guaranteed it. “Everyone has their own way of communicating, but […]

Q24N — Nicaragua’s President (dictator) Daniel Ortega on Tuesday introduced a reform to the migration law that includes the withdrawal of nationality, increases controls on entry and exit from the country, and imposes prison sentences on those who cross borders illegally in order to destabilize the country. The reform also […]

Q24N — In a move to tie up loose ends to consolidate himself as dictator and have complete control over the other powers of the State, Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega proposed a constitutional reform that would extend the presidential term by one more year, from five to six years, and […]