Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, under sanctions for human rights abuses, has sworn in 30,000 hooded civilians as a "volunteer police" force the opposition fears will be used as a tool of political ...

Nicaragua has withdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council following a damning report by U N experts accusing ...

Nicaragua announced last week it is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a U.N. report that slammed the government’s human rights violations and warned the country was ...

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice President Rosario Murillo attend a rally in Managua, Nicaragua, Sept. 5, 2018. Credit: AP/Alfredo Zuniga The reform also expanded the ...

The UN called for action against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government. It accuses the Ortega administration of turning the country into an authoritarian state. Constitutional reforms allow ...

FILE PHOTO: Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega attends the Alba summit, in Caracas, Venezuela April 24, 2024. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/ File Photo UPDATED Feb 26, 2025, 04:08 PM ...

San José (AFP) – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, under sanctions for human rights abuses, has sworn in 30,000 hooded civilians as a "volunteer police" force the opposition fears will be ...

A panel of United Nations experts on Wednesday warned that the Nicaraguan government has ... rebuke of the government of President Daniel Ortega and first lady and now co-president Rosario Murillo ...