Daniel Ortega

Nicaragua seizes Jesuit university in latest clash between president and Catholic Church

In Nicaragua, last week, a judge ordered the seizure of the country’s most-important Jesuit university, the 63-year-old Central American University. It’s the latest in an ongoing government crackdown on the Catholic Church and church-affiliated institutions inside Nicaragua.

Nicaragua seizes Jesuit university in latest clash between president and Catholic Church
Protesters yell from behind the roadblock they erected as they face off with security forces near the University Politecnica de Nicaragua, UPOLI, in Managua, Nicaragua

'I have to speak out': Nicaraguan ambassador resigns, denounces govt as dictatorship

'I have to speak out': Nicaraguan ambassador resigns, denounces govt as dictatorship
Passengers wait to board a plane for New York at the Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris

US opens borders to fully vaccinated travelers from a list of countries

US opens borders to fully vaccinated travelers from a list of countries
A woman shows her ink-stained finger after casting her vote during general elections in Managua, Nicaragua

Nicaragua's Ortega leads in vote tally after jailing rivals

Nicaragua's Ortega leads in vote tally after jailing rivals
A man is shown sitting cross-legged with dozens of cartoons on the floor all around him.

Pedro Molina's fight for fair elections in Nicaragua through cartoons

Pedro Molina's fight for fair elections in Nicaragua through cartoons
An array of bitcoins

El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to make bitcoin legal tender

El Salvador becomes first country to approve bitcoin as a legal currency. And, US President Joe Biden begins the first overseas trip of his term in the UK, hoping to repair relations with Europe. Also, Nicaragua's National Police continues arrests of potential challengers for the upcoming November presidential elections.

El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to make bitcoin legal tender
child protesting in nicaragua

One year after Nicaraguan uprising, Ortega is back in control

A massive protest movement exploded across Nicaragua in April 2018, threatening to topple the country's authoritarian regime. What happened to Central America's "tropical spring?"

One year after Nicaraguan uprising, Ortega is back in control
three men in suits stand on the set of a television show

This Nicaraguan journalist is still reporting in exile

After being arrested in his home country of Nicaragua, well-known political commentator Jaime Arellano refuses to give up, even after being exiled to Miami, Florida.

This Nicaraguan journalist is still reporting in exile
A woman wearing a blue bandana covering her face dressed in white holds her hands out to block a riot police.

Migrant money could be keeping Nicaragua’s uprising alive

Migrants do not just change their home countries financially. They also influence the way local residents think.

Migrant money could be keeping Nicaragua’s uprising alive
Daniel Ortega speaks in front of a huge picture of Hugo Chavez

Venezuelan oil fueled the rise and fall of Nicaragua's Ortega regime

This time, it’s not the US that’s supporting an unpopular Nicaraguan dictator. It’s Venezuela.

Venezuelan oil fueled the rise and fall of Nicaragua's Ortega regime
A man wearing sunglasses and a blue T-shirt around his head speaks

Hiding in Nicaragua, Ortega's battered opponents plan comeback

Hundreds of government opponents are fleeing the crackdown by pro-Ortega forces.

Hiding in Nicaragua, Ortega's battered opponents plan comeback
Masked police block the entrance of Divine Mercy Catholic Church in Managua, Nicaragua,

Nicaragua students freed from church after violent night; one killed

Catholic bishops on Saturday secured the release of dozens of Nicaraguan student protesters trapped overnight inside in a church under a hail of gunfire from armed pro-government supporters, who killed at least one person inside, a human rights group said.

Nicaragua students freed from church after violent night; one killed
People take part in a protest march to demand an end to violence in Managua, Nicaragua, April 28, 2018.

Nicaragua protests threaten an authoritarian regime that looked like it might never fall

After a week of political protest in Nicaragua, at least 38 people — and possibly over 60 — are dead. President Daniel Ortega, whose government once seemed unshakable, has emerged weakened in the face of protesters demanding his ouster.

Nicaragua protests threaten an authoritarian regime that looked like it might never fall
Demonstrators shout next to a burning barricade as they take part in a protest over a controversial reform to the pension plans of the Nicaraguan Social Security Institute (INSS) in Managua, Nicaragua April 21, 2018.

At least 9 dead in Nicaragua as civil unrest continues

Protests began last week after the government of President Daniel Ortega, a former leftist guerrilla leader whom critics accuse of trying to build a family dictatorship, launched a plan to overhaul the Central American country's welfare system.

At least 9 dead in Nicaragua as civil unrest continues
The Eiffel tower is illuminated in green with the words "Paris Agreement is Done

With Nicaragua's signature, US and Syria are the last holdouts from the Paris climate agreement

It's not common for the US and Syria to be the lone holdouts on an international agreement. But now they are — the only two nations refusing to abide by the Paris Climate Agreement.

With Nicaragua's signature, US and Syria are the last holdouts from the Paris climate agreement