Nicaragua

Hernandez and other Nicaraguans gathered in response to the Ortega regime freeing at least 100 political prisoners under a new amnesty law.

A blue wave of demonstrators dressed in Nicaragua's national colors made its way from the Nicaraguan Embassy to the University of Costa Rica campus.

To honor the victims on the 30th anniversary of the bombing, and to renew calls for an end to impunity in the case, The Tico Times has compiled a series of stories as told by victims, journalists, investigators and others affected in the aftermath.

"This is a magnificent opportunity to maintain an open and permanent dialogue to meet the challenges that both countries have," Ventura said.

The United Nations has estimated that some 60,000 people have fled Nicaragua since last April.

More than 60,000 people have fled the crisis in Nicaragua over the past year, the UN said Tuesday, with neighboring Costa Rica bearing the brunt of the refugee flow. 

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 "We want to express to our people and to the international community the permanent responsibility of our government to continue on the path of dialogue and conversation that is the way to find a solution to Nicaragua's problems," said Moncada at the entrance to the Incae, the site of the talks between the opposition and the executive.

Nicaragua finds itself in the midst of an extreme economic recession, a minimum wage freeze and an increase in the prices of electrical energy and fossil fuels.

Nicaragua's government agreed on Wednesday to release opposition prisoners within 90 days in order to restart stalled peace talks aimed at ending an 11-month political crisis, a dialogue mediator said.