Conflict
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.
Global Politics
Nicaragua Cashing in on Rising Gold Prices
PRI's The World
January 06, 2012
Rising gold prices are powering the economy in Nicaragua, which is welcoming foreign mining companies with open arms.
Global Politics
The Twisted Legacy of Sandinista Founder Tomás Borge
PRI's The World
May 02, 2012
Nicaraguans are mourning the death of Tomás Borge, the last surviving founder of the guerrilla movement that overthrew Nicaragua's Somoza dictatorship in 1979.
Arts, Culture & Media
Nicaragua Fast-Tracking Bill to Authorize Chinese Company's Canal to Compete with Panama
PRI's The World
June 12, 2013
The government of Nicaragua is fast-tracking a bill that would authorize a company from China to build a new canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The dream of a Nicaraguan canal dates back more than a century.
Development & Education
Nicaragua's gold mining industry is booming, boosting country's economy
PRI's The World
January 07, 2012
As the price of gold stays at record high levels, it's caused a resurgence in the mining industry in Nicaragua. One of the Western Hemisphere's poorest countries, it's enjoyed the greatest growth in GDP in recent years because of gold mining.
Nicaraguans mourn death of Sandinista founder Tomás Borge
PRI's The World
May 03, 2012
Tomás Borge, the last living co-founder of the Sandinista movement in Nicaragua, died on Monday in his home country. Borge has been imprisoned and tortured by Nicaragua's dictator, only to take control of the prisons after a revolution and use the same techniques.
Environment
China's American canal could sacrifice Nicaragua's great lake
PRI's The World
February 19, 2015
Updated
China's $50 billion plan for a new Central American canal connecting Atlantic and Pacific may damage the freshwater Lake Nicaragua, changing the environment for those who depend upon it. The plan faces opposition in parts of the country.
Health
Women in Nicaragua fight for the right to get abortions that could save their lives
PRI's The World
August 16, 2016
In Nicaragua, abortion is illegal, even if a woman's life is at risk. But some abortion rights advocates claim the government is quietly turning a blind eye to certain abortions, including in the case of women infected with the Zika virus.
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.
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.
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.