MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The opposition Civic Alliance said Sunday that it will not return to talks with Nicaragua’s government unless President Daniel Ortega’s administration makes goodwill gestures like freeing prisoners. Since the latest round of talks began in late February, the government has freed about 112 people on a form of conditional release. The opposition also said it wants an end to the harassment of protesters’ families and “cruel and inhuman treatment” of prisoners. The statement came a day after the government announced its own agenda for the talks, which are aimed at resolving the nearly year-old political standoff. Of the 770 people the opposition considers political prisoners, the government said Saturday that it would consider freeing both those awaiting judgment and others already convicted.

Source: National Post March 11, 2019 01:41 UTC