Tag: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN)

• Thursday, August 17th 2023 - 07:59 UTC

  Jesuit university closed in Nicaragua for “terrorism”

  

  Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega ordered the seizing of all assets belonging to the Central American University (UCA) which was accused of “terrorism,” it was reported in Managua. The educational institution was run by the Jesuit community.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2018 - 07:12 UTC

  Ortega determined to quell rebellious Masaya by Thursday, Sandinista Liberation Day

  

  Nicaraguan national police and armed pro-government civilians laid siege to a symbolically important neighborhood that has recently become a center of resistance to President Daniel Ortega's government. Government forces began advancing on the Monimbo neighborhood in the city of Masaya before dawn Tuesday.

• 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.