Suyén Barahona

She is president of the Democratic Renewal Union [es] party (Unamos), an opposition group that is the successor to the Sandinista Renovation Movement.

She is also a member of the Blue and White National Unity opposition group that formed following the outbreak of anti-government protests in April 2018.

[1] She is an advocate for feminist and environmental causes,[1] and in 2017 she was elected president of the Democratic Renewal Union [es] party (Unamos, successor to the Sandinista Renovation Movement after its legal status was revoked).

[2] She was active in the demonstrations calling for justice for those killed and imprisoned since the protests that began in April 2018 and the ensuing bloody government crackdown.

[2] She and her predecessor at MRS Ana Margarita Vijil were both arrested at a protest on Camino de Oriente in Managua in October 2018 and held overnight.