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Lucía Pineda Ubau | |
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 Lucía Pineda Ubau in a 2019 interview | |
| Born | September 1973 (age 52) San Miguelito, Nicaragua |
| Citizenship | Nicaragua, Costa Rica |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Awards | CPJ International Press Freedom Award |
Lucía Pineda Ubau (born September 1973) is a Nicaraguan-Costa Rican journalist. She is the news director ofCanal 15 inNicaragua. She was a political prisioner underDaniel Ortega's regime.
Pineda Ubau was born in San Miguelito, Nicaragua; her mother was fromCosta Rica. In 1977, her family moved toManagua, where she studied at primary school at Colonia Morazán and at high school at the Instituto Gaspar García Laviana.[1]
Pineda studied journalism at theCentral American University (Managua). Her career started inExtravisión onCanal 4 before working for seven years atTV Noticías on Canal 2; she worked for Canal 8 until 2000.[1]
She reportedDaniel Ortega's stepdaughter on sexual abuse victim who was allegedly committed by his stepfather Daniel Ortega[2] and the investigation into corruption in theArnoldo Aleman regime. She received the 2018Press Freedom Grand Prix, which was presented by theInter-American Press Association.
She was arrested on charges of "inciting violence and hate" and "promoting terrorism". TheCommittee to Protect Journalists,The Coalition For Women In Journalism andReporters Without Borders condemned her arrest and called for her immediate release.[3][4][5][6] She was released from prison on Tuesday 11 June 2019 in an amnesty granted by Daniel Ortega's regime to political prisoners.[7]