Biased UN Report on Nicaragua Ignores Victims of US-Backed Opposition Violence

Biased UN Report on Nicaragua Ignores Victims of US-Backed Opposition Violence

This originally appeared at The Grayzone. MASAYA, NICARAGUA – Reynaldo Urbina rides his motorbike around the streets of Masaya, Nicaragua, with agility, despite having only one arm. Nearly seven years ago, at the height of a US- supported coup attempt against Nicaragua’s left-wing Sandinista government, Urbina was one of those guarding the city’s municipal warehouse … Continue reading "Biased UN Report on Nicaragua Ignores Victims of US-Backed O…

‘Biased’ UN Report on Nicaragua Ignores Victims of US-Backed Opposition Violence

By John Perry – Mar 5, 2025 A new UN report relies on a US government-funded operative, Felix Maradiaga, who helped instigate the violent 2018 coup to remove President Daniel Ortega in 2018.  Yet UN “experts” have refused to interview the many Nicaraguans kidnapped and tortured by the opposition. Reynaldo Urbina rides his motorbike around the streets of Masaya, Nicaragua, with agility, despite having only one arm. Nearly seven years ago, at the …

Lorenzo closed his eyes when Nicaragua’s co-president, Rosario Murillo, stood on the central stage of Plaza la Fe, in Managua, on the edge of Lake Xolotlán, and swore to him—along with 29,999 others—as a “hero of peace” and “voluntary police.” These are the euphemisms used by the Sandinista regime to call its paramilitaries, one of the most lethal repressive forces in the service of the presidential couple (made up of Daniel Ortega and Rosario M…

“Biased” UN Report on Nicaragua Ignores Victims of US-backed Opposition Violence

One of scores of violent barricades, or tranques, created around Nicaragua during the 2018 coup attempt MASAYA, NICARAGUA – Reynaldo Urbina rides his motorbike around the streets of Masaya, Nicaragua, with agility, despite having only one arm. Nearly seven years ago, at the height of a US- supported coup attempt against Nicaragua’s left-wing Sandinista government, Urbina was one of those guarding the city’s municipal warehouse when it was attack…

‘Biased’ UN report on Nicaragua ignores victims of US-backed opposition violence - The Grayzone

A new UN report relies on a US government-funded operative, Felix Maradiaga, who helped instigate the violent 2018 coup to remove President Daniel Ortega in 2018.  Yet UN “experts” have refused to interview the many Nicaraguans kidnapped and tortured by the opposition. MASAYA, NICARAGUA – Reynaldo Urbina rides his motorbike around the streets of Masaya, Nicaragua, with agility, despite having only one arm. Nearly seven years ago, at the height o…

In addition to controlling the army and the police, the Nicaraguan government now has an armed force of more than 70,000 civilians. The government claims that they are “voluntary police,” but activists consider them paramilitaries close to the official party. Donaldo Hernández informs us.