The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Thursday condemned Nicaragua for allowing President Daniel Ortega's re-election in 2011, despite a constitutional ban due to term limits.

The new Constitution tailored by the presidential couple legitimizes the ‘volunteer police’ and gives the Sandinista flag equal status with the national one

The Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez Lagos of Matagalpa said his “main pastoral priority” was closeness to his priests, in his first public interview since

At a swearing-in ceremony on Friday in the small northern city of Ocotal, national police chief Francisco Diaz described the new force as one that will support existing police officers, and is voluntarily formed by civilians who will "defend peace and security."

Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday

“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 ...

Former Salvadoran president, Mauricio Funes, died late on Tuesday in Nicaragua, where the leftist leader had been living since 2016 to avoid corruption charges in his home country. He was 65. Nicaraguan authorities confirmed the death of Funes,

Nicaragua has become one of the 20 most dangerous countries in the world for Christians, according to the International Christian Concern's (ICC) Global Religious Persecution Index. The regime's crackdown on religious groups is not an isolated campaign—it mirrors a broader attack on civil liberties.

His last sentence came just last year in June. He was sentenced to eight years in prison for receiving an airplane as a kickback for awarding a construction contract for a bridge project. He was

Ten of the country’s 15 regions lack any type of journalists, who have been expelled, persecuted, or detained by the Ortega and Murillo regime

In a continued assault on civil society and religious freedom, Nicaragua's government dissolved multiple nonprofit organizations, exacerbating tensions between President Ortega's regime and the Catholic Church.

Mauricio Funes, former El Salvador President, died in Nicaragua at 65. Having governed El Salvador from 2009-2014, he spent his later years in Nicaragua to avoid corruption charges back home. Granted citizenship by Daniel Ortega,