Alberto Lovo Rojas feared returning to Nicaragua with a target on his back. When his uncle was shot twice in the shoulder in the streets during a protest in 2019, they both knew they had to flee .

Since President Daniel Ortega’s government violently repressed a civil uprising in 2018, an estimated 850,000 Nicaraguans ...

Some readers say waving the flag of a foreign country to protest deportation defies common sense. Others defend the practice.

Most independent and opposition media now operate from abroad. The revised constitution defines Nicaragua as a "revolutionary ...

Nicaragua's 2025 constitutional reform establishes co-presidency, extends term limits, and redefines state powers under ...

They argue that the change is made “to fulfill the six-year term established” by the newly approved Nicaraguan Constitution.

Daniel Ortega, who is under Western sanctions for human rights abuses, had proposed the reform himself, which also lengthens ...

Trump also ended a policy that allowed more than 500,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to fly to the country on two-year permits if they had a financial sponsor. Other actions ...

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Prominent properties which could be acquired by the government include the Flag Staff House, where Saif spent his childhood. Other properties under scrutiny include Noor-Us-Sabah Palace ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday. He was 65.

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Hugh by emailing [email protected] President Trump's State Department has enacted a "one flag policy," banning U.S. embassies and overseas ...