Comments on: Third strong earthquake hits Nicaragua, levels more homes

By: Shanny

Shanny — Sat, 03 May 2014 15:31:00 +0000

During an earthquake: If you are outdoors, stay there. You can view earthquakes that have already occurred here: http://earthquakes-today.com/

By: El Torito

El Torito — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 08:44:00 +0000

The National Engineering University suffered earthquake damage? Seems a bit ironic, doesn’t it? I guess it will give the students something to play with.

By: disgusted

disgusted — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:49:00 +0000

I have my emergency supplies food, water, candles, matches, refilled my water bottles with fresh water and have some other for whatever.

Where I live it seems everyday having the water cut off and power outages for a couple hours like last night. nothing to do with the earthquake.

By: Ken Morris

Ken Morris — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:26:00 +0000

Someday when you have time to kill you might want to check this out. Murillo’s main schtick has long been to run the FSLN media operation out of the family’s compound. Thus, if she’s described as a “government spokesperson” on press releases, my bet is that this is because she writes or oversees the writing of the press releases herself and can call herself anything she wants. Of course, by now she may actually have some quasi-official position, since there’s no longer much of a distinction between her whims and the government. Maybe the solution is just to refer to her as the First Bruja. All Nicas at least would know exactly who this is.

By: Timothy Williams

Timothy Williams — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 20:51:00 +0000

Agreed, though she has now officially been described as a government spokesperson by the Nicaraguan government (on press releases), we’ve made an edit to “First Lady and government spokeswoman.”

By: Ken Morris

Ken Morris — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 20:44:00 +0000

I don’t mean to diminish the trajedy and do wish all Nicas the best, but to refer to Rosario Murillo as a “government spokeswoman” is a bit much. She is the First Lady, married to President Daniel Ortega, and has manipulated her way into unelected and unmerited power. Perhaps, especially after Nicaragua’s recent constitutional changes, Murillo holds formal appointed positions, but it’s a sad day when she can pass herself off as a spokeswoman for the government. Unless Michelle Obama could also be called a “government spokeswoman,” I don’t thing Murillo’s brazen power grab merits the title either.