“And my future?”: Ortega compromises the education of 600,000 children and young people with his hunt for NGOs
The massive closure of NGOs perpetrated by the Ortega-Murillo regime has cut off another 1500 organizations at a single stroke, for a total of 5163 entities dissolved since 2018. The blow is total for vulnerable areas where the State does not provide assistance and thousands of Nicaraguan children and young people are already suffering the consequences. An analysis by Redacción Regional and DIVERGENTES shows that about 16% of the canceled entities correspond to institutions that work on educational issues, which further exacerbates the quality of precarious and partisan education, in a country with one of the most marked inequalities in Central America.
TL;DR
- 1500 NGOs have been shut down by the Ortega-Murillo regime, adding to the 5163 dissolved since 2018.
- The closures disproportionately affect vulnerable areas lacking state assistance, impacting thousands of children and young people.
- About 16% of the closed organizations were involved in education, worsening the quality of a precarious and partisan education system.
- The situation exacerbates existing inequalities in Nicaragua, one of Central America's most unequal countries.