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AS OF TODAY, JUNE 9, 2021, Nicaragua is experiencing a national blackout. There is a power cut across the entire country. This is an attempt by Ortega and the Sandinista government to limit communication by cutting power and therefore internet/cellphone reception. Ever since April 18, 2018, the Ortega regime has made peaceful protest and public criticisms against the government ILLEGAL through means of modifying the Nicaraguan constitution as they have done many times before. This year, 2021, is a presidential election year. However, Daniel Ortega and the regime have a history of stealing the electoral vote by tampering with ballots for a DECADE.
WE ARE BEING HELD HOSTAGE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.
Nicaragua is not in the “list of priorities” in the international sphere and is often thrown to the side as a footnote in the discussion of dictatorships in Central America and South America. BUT THE NICARAGUAN PEOPLE BEEN UNDER THREAT TO SPEAK OUT BY THE ORTEGA REGIME FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS, NOT INCLUDING THE PAST 14 YEARS OF HIM BEING IN POWER.
hola mi jente!!! este año estoy tratando de practicar mi español y me fije que una manera de hacerlo es escuchando música en español!!! mi familia llegó de nicaragua unos tres años antes de que yo nací y ahora en mi año 21 estoy tratando de acercarme a la cultura nicaragüense. disculpe si estoy escribiendo mal! yo se que necesito practicar pero tengo que estar bien con mis errores, sin miedo de enseñarlo al mundo. anyways, as i (hope) i said, i’ve been trying to find more music from Nicaragua and i stumbled upon this band called Téléviser! i’m listening to their album Y Afuera No Había Nadie :) im enjoying it so far!! there are no lyrics and i would describe it as maybe like, shoegaze? but the part i’m hearing in this moment from Ojos Negros is kind of abrasive and i don’t know if that’s an adjective i would associate with shoegaze so i wouldn’t exclusively place it in that genre. anyway that’s all i’m going to say haha i hope someone finds this and enjoys what they hear!!! and i definitely butchered the spanish part so if anyone wants to call me out, don’t be shy.
-Soledad! mwah :*