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La Prensa was founded by Pedro Belli, Gavry Rivas and Enrique Belli on March 2, 1926. In 1930, Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Zelaya became editor-in-chief, and in 1932 he bought the paper with the intention of promoting the principles of the Conservative Party of Nicaragua, as well as publicising historical studies of Nicaragua. [1]
Along with Cuba and Venezuela, Nicaragua was ranked in August 2021 as one of the countries with the worst electoral observation index in the region. [ 65 ] In October, a poll by the opposition-aligned Gallup-CID claimed that support for Ortega had dropped to 19%, while M&R , a polling company contracted by the governing party, claimed Ortega's ...
The 56th protest occurred on 9 January, with hundreds of farmers gathered in La Fonseca, demanding that Law 840, the law that granted the construction of the Nicaragua Canal, be revoked. The collection of signatures representing the dissatisfaction with the canal also took place during the demonstrations.
On 4 February 2020, the end of the retention, at customs, of the paper and ink of the newspaper La Prensa was reported. This newspaper confirmed that, through the efforts of the apostolic nuncio, a communication channel was opened with the General Directorate of Customs (DGA) to deliver the retained material.
General elections were held in Nicaragua on 6 November 2016 to elect the President, the National Assembly and members of the Central American Parliament. [1] Incumbent President Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) was re-elected for a third consecutive term amid charges he and the FSLN used their control of state resources to bypass constitutional term limits and ...
[136] [137] Miguel Mora, the director of 100% Noticias de Nicaragua, stated that the Nicaraguan government censored his channel on cable networks in the country. [138] The censorship of 100% Noticias was not lifted until 25 April. [139] One journalist, Ángel Gahona , was shot and killed while reporting on the protests on Facebook Live.
La Prensa, founded in 1926, with an estimated circulation of 30,000 in early 1992, continued the family tradition built by the president's late husband, Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal. [3] At the time of the transition, La Prensa was run by the president's daughter, Cristiana Chamorro de Lacayo also the wife of Antonio Lacayo. [3]
The suspension lasted several hours, except for 100% Noticias, who was out of the air until 25 April. [12] Murillo accused the protesters of being manipulated and trying to "destabilize" and "destroy" Nicaragua. [13] 20 April - The 15-years-old student of Instituto Loyola, Álvaro Conrado, was shot to death during a demonstration. He died when ...