Co-President Rosario Murillo: We are moving towards Mother's Day [May 30] celebrating the progress, achievements and everything that is possible from Peace.
"We celebrate Mother's Day as a national holiday... it is our duty to designate this holiday to express love this and every day in family unity."
Full interview with Rosario Murillo
The Co-President of the Republic, Compañera Rosario Murillo, highlighted that Mother's Day is approaching and in Nicaragua we are celebrating the progress, achievements and everything that can be done through Peace, such as strengthening the maternal health system, which has been key in reducing mortality and improving the well-being of pregnant women.
"Good afternoon, dear families of our Blessed Homeland. Good afternoon, dear mothers, our mothers, mothers of our beautiful, harmonious, joyful Nicaragua. Mothers who nourish the Nicaraguan soul with such strength by the grace of God. Our mothers, we declare our love to each and every one of you. We recognize, respect, and admire the great strength of all the mothers who have made and make this Nicaraguan people have so much value and love, bravery and honor, unity and peace," she said.
She added that "blessed mothers, how much we love you and how much we learn from each and every one of you, Mother Nicaragua, Nicaraguan mothers, our best gift is Peace, we are walking towards Mother's Day. "
In turn, she highlighted that the Ministry of Health reported on the progress of the Maternity Homes, "in 2006 we had 20 State-owned and 29 private, this year we have 182 Maternity Homes, a program that has been recognized by international health organizations, the Network of Maternity Homes throughout the country, which reaffirms our commitment as a Nicaraguan family, with the life and well-being of all women and mothers who in our Blessed Nicaragua have advanced."
"The quality of life of pregnant women and their children, how it has advanced, in 2006 there were 9,205 pregnant women housed in Maternal Homes, the few we found; in 2024, 72,143 and maternal mortality reduced by 80% from 104 deaths in 2006 to 21 maternal deaths thank God in 2024."
She indicated that "mortality in children under one month old fell by 66%, from 1,352 deaths in newborns in 2006 when the people regained control of the government, to 465 in 2024. We have certified 6,742 midwife sisters from the Maternal Homes, and we continue to spread health, life, and hope in every corner of the country. "
"We are moving toward Mother's Day celebrating the progress, the achievements, and everything that is possible through peace, through harmony, and through that sense of family, love for one's neighbor, love among ourselves, fraternal love, love of family, love of community— these are the values of our Nicaraguan culture, by the grace of God," she said.
She also commented that "here we are, comrades, celebrating life. We are also inviting each other from the Secretariat of Creative Economy, the Ministry of Entrepreneurship, the mayors' offices, the Institute of Tourism and all the entities of this Government of the People President, of the Families President, of the Mother Presidents, we are inviting each other to hold our blessed mothers in greater affection, from our beautiful recreational and tourist spaces, to celebrate them in a big way, to celebrate that we live in peace and safety as Nicaraguan mothers deserve. Mother Nicaragua, brings us all together, and reunites us with the God of all victories, in the certainty of a harmonious, full, joyful life, with well-being and rights and long live all Nicaraguan mothers."
"This is how we are, comrades, we are moving forward. It belongs to us, to the Nicaraguans of love, the best will, the best heart, of so much true hope. The future belongs to us. With peace, we can do anything. Always more, comrades. Forward!" he concluded.
Other announcements
Likewise, Comrade Rosario provided details on the operation of the New Days Centers during their first week of operation.
"And we can also report that in the first week of operation of the New Days Centers that we already have installed in Estelí, in Matagalpa, here in Managua, and we can highlight that there are already a number of brothers and sisters who, from their families and with their full consent, are admitted, advancing, working with treatment to leave addictions behind," she said.
She reported that "we already have dozens of men and women admitted to these centers, and we feel full of hope because it is with love, with treatment, with a scientific approach, with that affection that we know, that we Nicaraguans know, that we can recover, return healthy to our families, to our homes, to our communities. It is with love that we have hope and peace."
The National Police inaugurated the second Women's Police Station in El Sauce, the 424th nationwide.
The mayors' offices deliver housing in Morrito, El Rama, La Sabana, La Concordia, Ticuantepe, La Trinidad and paved streets in Managua, Matagalpa, Boaco, El Cuá, Diriamba and roads in El Ayote, San Rafael del Norte, Comalapa, Bluefields, León, Muelle de los Bueyes and Rancho Grande, improvements to stadiums and museums.
In addition, CDIs and health posts were improved in Matagalpa, Sébaco, Waslala, Santa María de Pantasma, and Chinandega. Pedestrian bridges were improved in Granada, the La Gaviota community, Santo Tomás del Norte, and Puerto Morazán, with channel linings and ramps in El Crucero. Additional community water systems were rehabilitated in communities, in this case La Libertad de San Juan del Sur.
Enacal reports 95% completion of the sanitation system in Malpaisillo. There are 135 new home connections for that municipality.
The Municipal Trade Schools have a goal of enrolling 40,060 students this year and are already 38% complete. There are 538 courses in baking, sewing, decorating, event planning, and everything related to the entrepreneurial, hardworking culture of Nicaraguan families, as well as the creative, family, and entrepreneurial economy.
Marena meets with African palm producers in El Castillo, Río San Juan department. The Ministry of Agriculture reports a potato production of 111,700 quintals for this month of May, ensuring good supplies in Nicaragua's municipal and departmental markets.
INTA holds meetings to promote sustainable livestock farming that reduces environmental pollution in Boaco, Río San Juan, and Chontales.
Zero Usury provides loans to 1,000 individuals and 280 solidarity groups in 40 municipalities.
"Tourism continues to be promoted, all of our tourism, our own, national, and the tourism that visits us from the safety offered by our Nicaragua, a safe country for tourists from all over the world, and also working to promote more tourism in relation to Mother's Day, tourist services, meetings at sites of tourist interest, enjoyment, recreation, celebrating the life that our mothers give us and how important and valuable they are for every Nicaraguan home," she said.
The ports have a number of events scheduled between May 23 and 25.
570 property titles were delivered in San Rafael del Sur, Managua, Teustepe, Santa Lucia, Larreynaga, Achuapa, El Sauce, Santa Rosa del Peñón, Telica, Posoltega, Chichigalpa, Telpaneca, Matagalpa, Ciudad Darío, Rosita, Bonanza, La Cruz de Río Grande, Paiwas, Corn Island, among others.
The public lighting system is inaugurated in Mozonte for 2,900 residents and in Puerto Morazán for 5,900. In Santa María de Pantasma, in the community of Anexo Vilán 1, the home energy service was inaugurated for brothers and sisters with an investment of 1 million 900 thousand córdobas.
