Miguel Mora (journalist)
Miguel Mora | |
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100% Noticias | |
| Political party | Democratic Restoration Party |
| Spouse | Verónica Chavez |
Miguel de los Ángeles Mora Barberena (born August 20, 1965) is a Nicaraguan journalist and political candidate. With his wife
Biography
Miguel de los Ángeles Mora Barberena was born on August 20, 1965, in the Quinta Nina neighborhood in Managua.[2] He grew up in poverty, with his parents working washing clothes, preparing food and serving as street vendors.[2] His grandfather's love of radio journalism inspired Mora's interest in the field and he pursued his education on a scholarship to the Instituto Loyola.[2]
Mora participated in the
In 1989, Mora began studying journalism at the
In the years that followed, across four different presidential administrations, 100% Noticias functioned as an independent outlet and was often sought out by the party that was out of power as a platform. In a 2019 interview, Mora described their journalistic philosophy: “When [the Sandinista National Liberation Front] were opposition and liberalism was declaring Sandinismo a dangerous ideology and Sandinistas were third class citizens, 100% Noticias gave coverage to the FSLN in opposition. When Alemán left office and there was persecution from Enrique Bolaños government and the PLC's liberalism goes through the same, with good reason or not, we gave liberalism an opportunity on our station. And when the FSLN returns to power, we maintained a balanced editorial line."[1]
However, with press freedoms narrowing 100% Noticias elected to give increasing spaces to voices shut out of official channels.
Mora's imprisonment motivated him to begin participating in politics.[1] As a member of the Superior Council for Private Enterprise and a former political prisoner, he hoped to be invited to join the like-minded Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy (ACJD), but ultimately it was pastor Saturnino Cerrato and other leaders of the Democratic Restoration Party (PRD) who reached out to him.[2] Mora became a PRD pre-candidate within the National Coalition for the Nicaraguan presidency in the 2021 Nicaraguan general election.[2] However the government revoked the PRD's legal charter (and thus, standing to field a candidate) in May 2021.[5]
On June 20, 2021, Mora was arrested in a wave of detentions of opposition figures and other civic leaders that began with the arrests of four other pre-candidates for president; he is the fifth to be detained.[3]
On February 5, 2022, together with Maria Fernanda Flores, wife of Arnoldo Alemán, they were found guilty of "attempting national security" by the Sandinista regime under charges of conspiracy, the sentence will be announced on February 9.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Chamorro, Carlos F. (September 27, 2019). "Miguel Mora and the Struggle for Press Freedom in Nicaragua". Confidencial. Archived from the original on June 21, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Mogollón, Abixael. "Miguel Mora: 'Hay Consenso De Que no Podemos Dividirnos'." Archived June 21, 2021, at the Wayback Machine La Prensa, August 30, 2020, via ProQuest.
- ^ a b c "Recapturan a Miguel Mora, el quinto precandidato encarcelado durante escalada represiva de Ortega". Confidencial (in Spanish). June 21, 2021. Archived from the original on June 21, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ "Miguel Mora and the Struggle for Press Freedom in Nicaragua". September 27, 2019.
- ^ "Nicaragua: Detienen por segunda vez a periodista Miguel Mora". San Diego Union-Tribune en Español (in Spanish). June 21, 2021. Archived from the original on June 21, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ "Miguel Mora y María Fernanda Flores también son condenados por justicia orteguista". February 5, 2022.