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 ...

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 ...

Member of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua Ariela Peralta Distefano ... strongest rebuke of the government of President Daniel Ortega and first lady and now co-president Rosario ...

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 ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Nicaraguan government has dismantled ... latest and strongest rebuke of the government of President Daniel Ortega and first lady and now co-president Rosario Murillo ...

Member of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua Ariela Peralta Distefano, Chair of the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua Jan-Michael Simon, Member of the Group of Human Rights ...

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 ...

Nicaraguan Government Is Cementing Total ... is the latest and strongest rebuke of the government of President Daniel Ortega and first lady and now co-president Rosario Murillo, which has for ...