The Sandinista Parliament dismantles the humanitarian organization, which operated since 1931. The regime alleges that the Nicaraguan association "acted against those principles" in 2018, the year of massive social protests against the presidential couple.

The humanitarian organization took to the streets to heal and attend to the thousands of wounded left by police and paramilitary repression. "This is the last straw, another attempt to control absolutely everything that happens in Nicaragua," says Ana Quirós, an expert in public health.