Kathianne
09-07-2023, 10:37 AM
Lots of death, especially for dissenting voices. When it's a minority that is focused upon by the regime, especially one that is not well-liked world wide, it stands out when some speak out:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/play-like-a-champion-for-liberty-today-9d1a2ac3?st=z9iwaryu7cr8ukf&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
OPINIONBEST OF THE WEB
Play Like a Champion for Liberty Today
Notre Dame’s president calls out a brutal dictatorship.
By James Freeman
Sept. 1, 2023 12:32 pm ET
Will Vermont’s Sen. Bernie Sanders finally offer a full-throated condemnation of the murderous dictator he supported for years? In a new Washington Post op-ed, the president of the University of Notre Dame explains why the Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega “should be isolated as an international pariah.” The Rev. John Jenkins writes:
Nicaragua’s seizure of the Jesuit-run Central American University in Managua on Aug. 16 was only the latest episode in the government’s five-year campaign to silence the Catholic Church.
Described by President Daniel Ortega’s regime as a “center of terrorism” for having attempted to shield student protesters during widespread anti-government demonstrations in 2018, the university has had its buildings, bank accounts and even its furniture seized. If past practice is any guide, it will soon be either shuttered or run by the state, with faculty and curriculums censored by the Sandinista government.
Since 2018, Catholic priests and laity critical of the government have been harassed, exiled, imprisoned, tortured and murdered. The regime has shut down more than 700 nonprofits and nongovernmental agencies, including the Catholic charity Caritas and the Red Cross.
The Associated Press reported in May:
Nicaragua passed a law Wednesday to close the country’s Red Cross, capping a crackdown that has seen the government toss out out religious orders, charities and civic groups.
The National Assembly voted to shutter the Nicaraguan Red Cross, accusing it of “attacks on peace and stability” during antigovernment demonstrations in 2018. The local Red Cross says it just helped treat injured protesters during the protests.
The assembly, which is dominated by President Daniel Ortega’s Sandinista party, ordered the country’s Health Department to create “a new Nicaragua Red Cross.” How the country’s over-stretched health system would get the money to do that is unclear.
The health system and every other system in the country is in a shambles, which is what always happens when Marxist thugs come to power. Father Jenkins notes:
...
https://www.wsj.com/articles/play-like-a-champion-for-liberty-today-9d1a2ac3?st=z9iwaryu7cr8ukf&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
OPINIONBEST OF THE WEB
Play Like a Champion for Liberty Today
Notre Dame’s president calls out a brutal dictatorship.
By James Freeman
Sept. 1, 2023 12:32 pm ET
Will Vermont’s Sen. Bernie Sanders finally offer a full-throated condemnation of the murderous dictator he supported for years? In a new Washington Post op-ed, the president of the University of Notre Dame explains why the Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega “should be isolated as an international pariah.” The Rev. John Jenkins writes:
Nicaragua’s seizure of the Jesuit-run Central American University in Managua on Aug. 16 was only the latest episode in the government’s five-year campaign to silence the Catholic Church.
Described by President Daniel Ortega’s regime as a “center of terrorism” for having attempted to shield student protesters during widespread anti-government demonstrations in 2018, the university has had its buildings, bank accounts and even its furniture seized. If past practice is any guide, it will soon be either shuttered or run by the state, with faculty and curriculums censored by the Sandinista government.
Since 2018, Catholic priests and laity critical of the government have been harassed, exiled, imprisoned, tortured and murdered. The regime has shut down more than 700 nonprofits and nongovernmental agencies, including the Catholic charity Caritas and the Red Cross.
The Associated Press reported in May:
Nicaragua passed a law Wednesday to close the country’s Red Cross, capping a crackdown that has seen the government toss out out religious orders, charities and civic groups.
The National Assembly voted to shutter the Nicaraguan Red Cross, accusing it of “attacks on peace and stability” during antigovernment demonstrations in 2018. The local Red Cross says it just helped treat injured protesters during the protests.
The assembly, which is dominated by President Daniel Ortega’s Sandinista party, ordered the country’s Health Department to create “a new Nicaragua Red Cross.” How the country’s over-stretched health system would get the money to do that is unclear.
The health system and every other system in the country is in a shambles, which is what always happens when Marxist thugs come to power. Father Jenkins notes:
...