“The people can't stand Ortega”: analyst assures based on several testimonies of internal resistance
“In Nicaragua, fear has a name: Ortega-Murillo.” Analyst Manuel Orozco describes how thousands of Nicaraguans survive amid censorship, poverty, surveillance, and forced migration under the dictatorship
TL;DR
- Thousands of Nicaraguans are surviving under the political, economic, and police control of the Ortega-Murillo regime.
- A silent resistance exists, marked by daily rejection of the system, economic crisis, censorship, and repression.
- Citizen rejection is expressed through avoiding official businesses, using independent media, private criticism, and small acts of disobedience.
- Many citizens blame the regime for economic precarity but avoid public expression due to fear of reprisals.
- Mass migration is a form of protest, and the Church provides spaces for community resistance.
- Civic resistance inside and outside Nicaragua remains alive and active.