2021 in Nicaragua
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The following lists events in the year 2021 in Nicaragua.
Incumbents[]
Events[]
- 18 January – The National Assembly approves life sentences for “hate crimes” including rape and murder.[1]
- 5 February – Evangelical minister Miguel Ángel Casco went viral on social media when he praised the ″multiplaction of penises″ under President Daniel Ortega. Speaking on live television he said, ″Yo creo firmemente que Nicaragua va a experimentar... los milagros de multiplicar los penes”. (English: ″I firmly believe that Nicaragua is going to experiment... the miracle of multiplication of penises.″) He may have confused the Spanish words panes and penes, which are translated as ″bread″ and ″penises″, respectively.[2]
- 11 February – Musician and songwriter Carlos Mejía Godoy condemns a proposed law that would declare the songs of the National Guard, as Heritage of the Nation, considering it confiscatory of his work.[3]
- 18 February – The government creates the . It will be under the control of the Nicaraguan army.[4]
- 2 March – A boat with partially decomposed bodies of six migrants, one with a passport from Guinea, is found Cayo Las Palomas.[5]
- 8 March – President Ortega denounces the European Union (EU) and the United States for a lack of women′s rights, noting that nine of sixteen members of his Cabinet are women. Just hours before Ortega praised Nicaragua′s freedom of the press, five women denounced the government for surrounding their houses with police to prevent them from going out to commemorate International Women's Day.[6]
- 8 June – 2021 Nicaraguan general election: Opposition candidates Félix Maradiaga and Juan Sebastián Chamorro are arrested while they are investigated for foreign ties. Cristiana Chamorro Barrios and Arturo Cruz Jr. are also arrested.[7]
Scheduled events[]
- 7 November – Scheduled date for the 2021 Nicaraguan general election, to elect the President, the National Assembly and members of the Central American Parliament.[8]
- TBA – 2020–21 Liga Primera de Nicaragua
Culture[]
- 1 March – 15th Edition of the Pedro J. Chamorro Cardenal Award for Excellence in Investigative Journalism[9]
Births[]
- 6 January – Nieves ("Snow"), a white Bengal tiger, born at the zoo near Managua.[10]
Deaths[]
- 21 January – Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa, 62, jurist, General Secretary of Central American Integration System (2000).[11]
- 12 February – , 84, chemical engineer and historian.[12]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Nicaragua congress adopts life sentences; opposition opposes". AP NEWS. 19 January 2021. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "Nicaragua: un pastor evangélico dijo que Daniel Ortega produciría el milagro de "la multiplicación de los penes" y se volvió viral". infobae (in European Spanish). Infobae. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "El músico Carlos Mejía Godoy afirma que una propuesta legislativa busca robarle sus creaciones". CNN (in Spanish). 11 February 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
- ^ "Nicaragua creates Ministry of Extraterrestrial Space Affairs". AP NEWS. 18 February 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Nicaragua finds boat with bodies of 6 migrants in Caribbean". AP NEWS. 2 March 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
- ^ "Ortega critica a Estados Unidos y a Europa en el Día de la Mujer". es-us.noticias.yahoo.com (in Spanish). EFE. March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ^ "La Justicia del régimen de Ortega ordenó la prisión preventiva por 90 días de los candidatos opositores Félix Maradiaga y Juan Sebastián Chamorro". infobae (in European Spanish). Infoabae. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ^ "Ortega confirma elecciones en 2021 con polémica resolución" [Ortega confirms elections in 2021 with polemical resolution]. Deutsche Welle (in Spanish). 15 July 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-07-15. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Pese a la censura del régimen de Nicaragua, la Fundación Violeta Chamorro entregó los premios a la Excelencia al Periodismo de Investigación". infobae (in European Spanish). Infobae. March 2, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
- ^ "White Bengal tiger cub born at Nicaragua zoo". BBC News. 6 January 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
- ^ Fallece Mauricio Herdocia, experto en derecho internacional (in Spanish)
- ^ Muere el historiador Bayardo Cuadra, "un hombre justo, que procuró portarse bien" (in Spanish)
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