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 ″multiplication 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]
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]
Years in Nicaragua
