Daniel Ortega

June 09, 2021

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.

Global Politics

One year after Nicaraguan uprising, Ortega is back in control

The Conversation

April 17, 2019

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?"

This Nicaraguan journalist is still reporting in exile

The World

January 11, 2019

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.

Conflict

Migrant money could be keeping Nicaragua’s uprising alive

The Conversation

October 15, 2018

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

Global Politics

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

The Conversation

August 21, 2018

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

Hiding in Nicaragua, Ortega's battered opponents plan comeback

Reuters

July 21, 2018

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

Nicaragua students freed from church after violent night; one killed

Reuters

July 16, 2018

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.

Conflict & Justice

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

The Conversation

May 02, 2018

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.

Conflict

At least 9 dead in Nicaragua as civil unrest continues

Reuters

April 23, 2018

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.

Environment

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

Agence France-Presse

October 23, 2017

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.

Daniel Ortega

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

One year after Nicaraguan uprising, Ortega is back in control

This Nicaraguan journalist is still reporting in exile

Migrant money could be keeping Nicaragua’s uprising alive

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

Hiding in Nicaragua, Ortega's battered opponents plan comeback

Nicaragua students freed from church after violent night; one killed

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

At least 9 dead in Nicaragua as civil unrest continues

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

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