The following lists events in the year 2021 in Nicaragua.
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- 18 January â The National Assembly approves life sentences for âÂÂhate crimesâ including rape and murder.
- 5 February â Evangelical minister Miguel ÃÂngel Casco went viral on social media when he praised the â³multiplication of penisesâ³ under President Daniel Ortega. Speaking on live television he said, â³Yo creo firmemente que Nicaragua va a experimentar... los milagros de multiplicar los penesâÂÂ. (English: â³I firmly believe that Nicaragua is going to experiment... the miracle of multiplication of penises.â³) He may have confused the Spanish words panes and penes, which are translated as â³breadâ³ and â³penisesâ³, respectively.
- 11 February â Musician and songwriter Carlos MejÃÂa Godoy condemns a proposed law that would declare the songs of the National Guard, as Heritage of the Nation, considering it confiscatory of his work.
- 18 February â The government creates the National Ministry for Extraterrestrial Space Affairs, The Moon and Other Celestial Bodies. It will be under the control of the Nicaraguan army.
- 2 March â A boat with partially decomposed bodies of six migrants, one with a passport from Guinea, is found Cayo Las Palomas.
- 8 March â President Ortega denounces the European Union (EU) and the United States for a lack of womenâ²s rights, noting that nine of sixteen members of his Cabinet are women. Just hours before Ortega praised Nicaraguaâ²s freedom of the press, five women denounced the government for surrounding their houses with police to prevent them from going out to commemorate International Women's Day.
- 8 June â 2021 Nicaraguan general election: Opposition candidates Félix Maradiaga and Juan Sebastián Chamorro are arrested while they are investigated for foreign ties. Cristiana Chamorro Barrios and Arturo Cruz Jr. are also arrested.
- 7 November â 2021 Nicaraguan general election
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