Tag: Nicaragua

• Friday, April 27th 2018 - 13:34 UTC

  The Washington Post: The political rot in Nicaragua

  

  Nicaragua is a volcanic nation, geologically and politically. Forty years ago, seemingly out of nowhere, a series of popular eruptions shook the entrenched regime of Anastasio Somoza, who fell from power on 19 July, 1979. Today, one of the revolutionary architects of that dictator’s ouster, Sandinista party chief Daniel Ortega, rules the country of 6.1 million as high-handedly and corruptly as Somoza ever did.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2018 - 15:17 UTC

  Repression and protests in Nicaragua do not mitigate: Daniel Ortega as Nicolás Maduro?

  

  “Ortega and Somoza are the same thing” protesters in Nicaragua yelled last week against the government of Daniel Ortega, after the announcement of a Social Security's reform that unleashed a wave of protests marked by repression and excessive use of force by the authorities. Human rights organizations have announced that at least 30 people have died in the demonstrations, including students, police and a journalist. This surprise wave of civil protests suggests comparing the crisis in the Central American country with the lived in the Venezuela of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro for years.

• Monday, April 23rd 2018 - 09:49 UTC

  Nicaragua's Ortega cancels social security reform following riots and death of 26 killed by police

  

  Nicaragua's president on Sunday withdrew changes to the social security system that had triggered several days of deadly protests and looting. President Daniel Ortega said in a message to the nation late Sunday that the National Social Security Institute's board of directors had canceled the changes that were implemented April 16.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:22 UTC

  Costa Rica wins coastal border dispute with Nicaragua at UN Court of Justice

  

  Costa Rica claimed victory over Nicaragua on Friday, after the United Nations’ highest court awarded Costa Rica disputed territory along the coastal border shared by the two Central American countries. Nicaragua was ordered by the International Court of Justice in The Hague to remove a military base from a contested coastal area near the San Juan river, which the judges said violated Costa Rican sovereignty.

• Monday, November 7th 2016 - 08:11 UTC

  Nicaragua ballots confirming a husband-wife presidential couple

  

  Nicaragua held elections Sunday that look certain to hand another term to popular President Daniel Ortega, and make his wife Rosario Murillo vice-president, but which the opposition said was marked by “massive” voter abstention and the US Department has described as “rigged”.

• Friday, December 26th 2014 - 07:30 UTC

  Nicaragua: civic organisations want protesters freed, 'Chinese invaders' out

  

  Expropriation law upsets peasants, environmentalists. 30 arrested nationwide. President Daniel Ortega dubbed a 'traitor'.

• Tuesday, December 23rd 2014 - 06:28 UTC

  Groundbreaking of Chinese-backed Nicaragua Canal commences

  

  Protesters, skepticism did not stop the administration of President Daniel Ortega. Project seeks to reshape country's poor economy,

• Thursday, February 27th 2014 - 03:21 UTC

  Russia with plans for military bases in Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela

  

  Russia is planning to expand its permanent military presence outside its borders by placing military bases or seeking permission for navy ships to use ports in a number of foreign countries, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday. The list includes Vietnam, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, the Seychelles, Singapore and several other countries

• Wednesday, January 29th 2014 - 06:40 UTC

  Nicaragua's Ortega joins the club of Latam leaders addicted to remaining in office

  

  Nicaragua's national assembly voted to scrap presidential term limits, which could allow current head of state Daniel Ortega to run again for election at the end of his current mandate.

• Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 23:54 UTC

  Falklands’ Noble Energy exploring for oil in disputed Caribbean waters supported by Nicaragua

  

  On 17 July, Nicaragua announced that US-based Noble Energy would invest 30 million dollars in drilling two offshore wells in the Caribbean—launching Nicaragua's first-ever oil exploration.