News of exile

Nicaragua to withdraw from UN Human Rights Council

28-02-2025 16:13 "Co-presidents" Daniel Ortega and wife Rosario Murillo quit UN Human Rights Council after being accused of enacting "persecution, forced exile and economic retaliation" against the Nicaraguan people.

Media Repression

46 Nicaraguan journalists exiled in 2024, says NGO

14-01-2025 11:46 Independent journalists face exile, arrest and disappearances under government led by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Maduro purges Venezuelan rivals with wave of repression

26-11-2024 19:52 Venezuela's opposition movement has been gravely weakened following Nicolás Maduro's controversial re-election on July 28, leading to the flight of around 100 leaders and activists. Key figures, such as Edmundo González and María Corina Machado, face threats and repression from security forces targeting dissent.

crisis in Venezuela

Opposition leader María Corina Machado vows to stay in Venezuela

10-09-2024 09:05 Opposition leader María Corina Machado vows to remain in Venezuela after her colleague and ex-presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia took up asylum in Spain.