Tag: Nicaragua

• Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 10:51 UTC

  Nicaragua releases over 200 political prisoners, sends them to the US

  

  The Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega has released over 200 political prisoners and sent them over to the United States, it was reported in Managua. The beneficiaries of the move, including opposition leaders, priests, and critics of the government, were transferred to the El Chipote prison late Wednesday and boarded a plane in the early hours of Thursday, according to journalist Tifani Roberts, who currently resides in the United States.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Nicaraguan gov't outlaws another 58 NGOs

  

  The Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega has canceled the registrations of 58 other NGOs “for being in abandonment and having between 2 and 27 years of non-compliance in accordance with the laws that regulate them,” it was reported in Managua.

• Friday, September 30th 2022 - 18:55 UTC

  Chilean President a “lapdog” of the US for Nicaragua's Ortega

  

  Nicaraguan leader Daniel Ortega Wednesday dubbed Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font a “lapdog” of the US administration and insisted it had become fashionable to request the release of political prisoners in his country.

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Mexico/US border migrants' record arrests; mostly from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua

  

  New figures from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), indicate that 2.15 million migrants were detained at the US/Mexico border over the past year, a 24% increase, but with a drastic change in the origin of the new migrants, since the fastest growing number are from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2022 - 18:22 UTC

  Chile will have a new Constitution soon, Boric tells UN General Assembly

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York that his country would have a new Constitution “shortly” after the Sept. 7 attempt to get a progressive text approved through a referendum failed to get past the vote of the citizenry.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  UNHCHR issues statement against Nicaragua's regime

  

  The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has exposed in a document released Tuesday Nicaragua's disregard for civil liberties nationwide.

• Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 10:30 UTC

  Nicaraguan regime releases pictures of political prisoners

  

  The Nicaraguan regime of Daniel Ortega has been criticized Wednesday by human rights organizations after pictures of the country's political prisoners were released.

• Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:22 UTC

  Pope admits “worry and pain” for Nicaragua, but no word for a bishop's arrest and persecution of priests and nuns

  

  The ongoing conflict between the Nicaraguan government and Church was mentioned on Sunday by Pope Francis but certainly not with the commitment expected by Catholics both in the Central American country and his faithful in the region. The Catholic church in Nicaragua has been under increasing pressure from the government of ruling couple, president Daniel Ortega and vice-president Rosario Murillo, the latest of which has been the arrest of a much respected loved bishop and several priests.

• Friday, August 19th 2022 - 20:40 UTC

  Nicaraguan authorities raid Catholic curia

  

  Nicaraguan police Friday raided the home of the Catholic Bishop Matagalpa, Rolando Alvarez, who has been under house arrest for the past two weeks for being overly critical of President Daniel Ortega, whose regime he was accused of trying to “destabilize.”

• Friday, June 10th 2022 - 21:28 UTC

  Nicaragua opens the door for Russian troops to land in Central America

  

  Nicaragua's regime has reportedly greenlighted the entry of Russian forces into the Central American country, according to a Russian state TV broadcast. “It is time for Russia to deploy something powerful closer to US cities,” host Olga Skabeeva was quoted as saying.