Former Sandinista commander Henry Ruiz, 81, is under house arrest in Nicaragua as Ortega’s regime targets critics. Read the latest on this crackdown.

CLERGY in Nicaragua are being forced to report to the police weekly, and to seek approval for the content of their services, ...

NICARAGUAN President Daniel Ortega was sworn in for his fourth five-year term yesterday — with his wife Rosario Murillo as vice-president. Cuban First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel led a delegation ...

“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 ...

Nicaragua is a volcanic nation ... Sandinista party chief Daniel Ortega, rules the country of 6.1 million as high-handedly and corruptly as Somoza ever did. In recent days, Ortega has found ...

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That’s for three reasons. A few years after Ortega’s forces killed protesters in the streets, he jailed seven opposition presidential candidates and claimed to have won the 2021 election.

We must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not ...