Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita on Sunday had a productive meeting with Laureano Ortega ...

San José (AFP) – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, under sanctions for human rights abuses, has sworn in 30,000 hooded ...

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 ...

Jewish immigrants “who come with the desire and skill to develop the economy of Nicaragua” are welcome, General Anastasia Samosa, President of Nicaragua, told Dr. Henry Shoskes, special HIAS ...

“The most unpleasant icing on the democratic cake for the United States was the sensational announcement by Daniel Ortega, president of Nicaragua. He allowed Russian troops, ships, and planes ...

"Co-presidents" Daniel Ortega and wife Rosario Murillo quit UN Human Rights Council after being accused of enacting ...

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The declaration comes a day after Ortega’s administration announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council, after experts selected by the organisation accused Nicaragua of rampant ...

Ortega first served as president from 1985 to 1990 as a former guerrilla hero who helped oust the US-backed Somoza regime, and returned to power in 2007. Nicaragua has jailed hundreds of opponents ...