Nicaragua

The government has begun a mass suspension of private TV channels and radio stations, claiming that they are a direct threat against President Daniel Ortega’s regime

La Prensa, a leading national newspaper, has announced on its website that the majority of the staff have been forced to flee the county due to the regime’s journalistic persecution, but will continue working from abroad

The Nuns of the Mother Teresa Organisation have been forcefully expelled out of the country, causing them to write a letter the UN Secretary General stating how the regime is now overtaking religious organisations as well

President Daniel Ortega has allegedly taken over the 5 remaining town halls governed by the opposition, and has replaced their respective mayors with sympathisers of his political party

The San Cristóbal Volcano, the highest in the country, has recently erupted; the government has advised to wear masks due to the high concentration of ash in the air and store drinking water since reserves are currently contaminated

The US imposed sanctions on the state-owned gold mining company ENIMINAS, because the country’s leaders are “deepening their relationship with Russia” and for allegedly using gold mining revenues to oppress their people

Dozens of female journalists have established their own digital ’news outlets’ to inform the outside world on what’s truly going on within the state, in response to sexism on the journalism field and the sociopolitical crisis

So far this year, gold exports have increased by almost 10% with respect to last year’s total exports