Journalists, human rights advocates and dissidents who were persecuted in Nicaragua and sought safety in the U.S. are ...

Murilla regime has approved reforms that bar the opposition from participating in elections, drawing strong opposition from exiled leaders, the United States, Costa Rica and Peru.

Ortega is serving his fourth straight term since taking power in 2007 UN council has accused the government of systematic abuses and authoritarian rule Ortega gave no details on how voting would be ...

ICE arrested Luis Galeano despite his active asylum application. Two Republican congressmembers from Florida spoke out ...

Exiled Nicaraguan dissident Reinaldo Picado was shot on Monday while he was working at his residence in Costa Rica.

Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega declared last month that Nicaragua will no longer hold presidential elections.

After international rejection of plans to eliminate elections outright, the Nicaraguan parliament approved a constitutional reform that excludes the opposition and seeks to circumvent pressure from th ...

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua, Nicaragua. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File) MEXICO ...

Since being elected for a second term as Nicaraguan president in 2006, Daniel Ortega – the former Sandinista freedom fighter-turned-authoritarian leader – has extended his term of office several times ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Nicaraguan police have their picture taken with President Daniel Ortega, in Masaya, Nicaragua, July 13, 2018. (AP ...