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Nicaragua's former President Violeta Chamorro dies at 95, family says

Violeta Chamorro, an unassuming homemaker who was thrust into national politics by her husband’s assassination and stunned the world by ousting the ruling Sandinista party in presidential elections and ending Nicaragua’s civil war, died Saturday, her family said in a statement

The Independent UK

Violeta Chamorro, Who Brought Peace To Nicaragua, Dead At 95

Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua after decades of war and was the first woman elected president in the Americas, died Saturday at the age of 95, her family said.

International Business Times

Nicaraguan 'Dictatorship' Is Doomed, Says Exiled Author

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's "dictatorship" is doomed, exiled novelist Sergio Ramirez has told AFP, predicting the population will eventually rebel against the elderly ex-guerrilla.

International Business Times

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Las Vegas gym shooting: Body cam captures moment police confront gunman

The harrowing moment police engaged a gunman who tried to carry out a mass shooting at a Las Vegas gym was captured on bodycam footage.

The Independent UK

Vegas cops shoot dead gym member whose gun malfunctioned as he tried to carry out a mass killing

Police said that the shooter’s gun malfunction ‘saved this from being a mass casualty event’

The Independent UK

Police identify victim and gunman in Las Vegas gym shooting

Las Vegas police have identified the two people killed in a shooting at a Las Vegas athletic club, including the suspected shooter

The Independent UK

How Trump could subvert the Constitution and stay in office for a third term

ANALYSIS: The president would need the backing of the military, writes Pascal Lupien

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Donald Trump could remain in office after his term ends. Here’s how

ANALYSIS: There’s a real danger of the Constitution being subverted, writes Pascal Lupien

The Independent UK

How Donald Trump could remain president of the United States

United States President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of remaining in office after his second term ends in 2029. Since the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1951, no U.S. president has challenged the two-term limit it established.

The Conversation

Nicaragua’s crackdown on the Catholic Church is worsening, exiles and human rights advocates say

Preparations for widely popular Lent and Holy Week processions are underway across Latin America – but not in Nicaragua

The Independent UK

Experts Accuse 54 Top Nicaragua Officials Of Grave Abuses

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, his wife, and dozens of senior officials were responsible for arbitrary detentions, torture and extrajudicial executions, a report by UN experts said Thursday.

International Business Times

What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries

In what’s been called a “Friday night massacre” at the Pentagon, President Donald Trump removed six top generals or admirals on Feb. 21, 2025, including Air Force General C.Q. Brown and Navy Admiral Lisa Franchetti. Trump also fired military lawyers who advise senior officers on the legality of their behavior…

The Conversation

Nicaragua Legislature Cements 'Absolute Power' Of President, Wife

Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega and his wife were granted control of all state powers Thursday under a constitutional amendment ratified by the country's legislature that also elevated her to the position of "co-president."

International Business Times

Songs, tears and resistance: the Nicaraguan exile rallying audiences in Costa Rica

As one of the tens of thousands to have fled Daniel Ortega’s regime, singer and ‘artivist’ Olguita Acuña says she has a duty to raise awareness of her country’s situation

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The Independent UK

Some immigrants are already leaving the US in 'self-deportations' as Trump's threats loom

A Nicaraguan woman staying legally in the United States has chosen to leave because of concern over President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign for mass deportations

The Guardian - US

Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal over ‘ridiculous’ fees

Trump also warns he would not let a ‘vital national asset’ for the US fall into the ‘wrong hands’

Al Jazeera

US trade office starts probe into Nicaragua human rights and labour abuses

Trade representative Katherine Tai denounced the government of Daniel Ortega for ‘repressive acts’ against critics.

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Nicaragua's President Ortega Proposes Constitutional Reforms For Power

Nicaragua's President Ortega faces backlash over proposed constitutional reforms to consolidate power with his wife, amid international criticism and conce...

International Business Times

Nicaragua's Ortega Banishes Leading Catholic Bishop

President Daniel Ortega's government has expelled the head of Nicaragua's bishops' conference to Guatemala, the latter's government and church sources said Thursday.

The Independent UK

Humberto Ortega, Nicaragua's ex-military chief who later turned critic of his brother, dies at 77

Nicaraguan guerrilla fighter Humberto Ortega, a Sandinista defense minister who later in life became a critic of his older brother President Daniel Ortega, has died at age 77

Latin Times

Nicaragua's Open-Door Policy is Used as 'Political Weapon' by Ortega Against the U.S., Experts Claim

Up until July, over 5 million migrants are estimated to have entered the United States irregularly through Nicaragua in the last two years

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