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Detained Nicaraguan Catholic bishop, Ortega critic to face trial

A prominent Catholic bishop in Nicaragua who has sharply criticized authoritarian President Daniel Ortega will go to trial while under house arrest, a judge ruled on Tuesday, in the latest clamp down on dissent in the country.

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Costa Rica tightens overwhelmed asylum system

Faced with an overwhelmed asylum system, Costa Rica, one of the world’s great refuges for those fleeing persecution, is tightening its generous policies

The Independent UK

In title bout, 'Chocolatito' fights for Nicaragua leader Daniel Ortega

When Nicaragua's boxing great Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez struts into a glitzy U.S. ring bidding to become six-time world champion on Saturday, he will also represent a vast sporting project of another man: authoritarian President Daniel Ortega.

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Guatemala's El Periodico newspaper stops print edition

The prominent Guatemalan investigative newspaper “El Periodico” has announced it is stopping its print edition, after the government arrested the paper's president

The Independent UK

Inter-American Human Rights Court says Nicaragua in contempt

The Inter-American Human Rights Court has declared the government of Nicaragua in contempt of court for ignoring rulings on political prisoners

The Independent UK

Human rights defender Bianca Jagger asks Pope Francis to 'condemn' regime in Nicaragua

The human rights defender Bianca Jagger continues her battle against the political repression of the Ortega regime in Nicaragua, where she was born. Several bishops and priests are incarcerated in Nicaragua, where the Catholic Church is suspected of supporting the opposition. In an interview with FRANCE 24, Jagger appealed directly…

France 24

Nicaragua's governing Sandinistas sweep municipal elections

Nicaragua’s Sandinista National Liberation Front has completed its political domination of the country by winning local elections decried as unfair in all 153 of the country’s municipalities

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Nicaragua's Ortega says US sanctions will make more migrants

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says new sanctions imposed on his government by the United States this week will only serve to drive more migrants to the U.S. border

The Independent UK

Biden targets Nicaragua's gold industry in a new move against Daniel Ortega

Biden's order and other steps announced Monday are perhaps the most aggressive attempt by the U.S. to hold the Ortega accountable for his continued attacks on human rights and democracy.

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US targets Nicaragua’s gold sector in latest push against Ortega

New sanctions are imposed in response to ‘attacks on democratic actors and members of civil society’, US says.

Al Jazeera

AP: Biden targets Nicaraguan gold in new move against Ortega

The Biden administration is ratcheting up pressure on President Daniel Ortega’s authoritarian rule in Nicaragua, banning Americans from doing business in the nation’s gold industry, threatening trade restrictions and stripping the U.S. visas of some 500 government insiders, according to U.S. officials

The Independent UK

Why did Central America shift UN votes on Russia-Ukraine war?

Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador’s vote changes this year reflect relations with world superpowers, analysts say.

Al Jazeera

Relatives fear for lives of jailed Nicaraguan opponents

Families of four well-known opposition figures jailed in Nicaragua fear for their relatives' lives because of bad conditions at the infamous El Chipote prison

The Independent UK

Claire Denis on "Stars at Noon" lovers

The acclaimed director spoke to Salon about abuse of power, filming in Panama and mentorship with Jim Jarmusch

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EU declares Nicaraguan envoy ‘persona non grata’ as tensions rise

Tit-for-tat measure comes amid ongoing international criticism of Nicaraguan government’s human rights record.

The Independent UK

Argentine judge launches probe into Nicaragua abuse claims

A judge in Argentina has launched a criminal investigation into Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario María Murillo to determine whether they are responsible for crimes against humanity

The Independent UK

Nicaragua charging exiled opponents' relatives

Exiled Nicaraguan economist Javier Álvarez received terrible news this week: his wife, daughter and son-in-law, jailed three weeks ago by the government of President Daniel Ortega, had been formally charged with serious crimes back in Nicaragua

Radio France Internationale

Dual French-Nicaraguan citizens detained after being accused of spreading 'fake news'

Two women with dual French and Nicaraguan citizenship will be tried on charges of conspiring to undermine Nicaragua's national integrity and spreading fake news, according to a court order. This follows Nicaragua's decision to expel the EU ambassador at the weekend.

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EU ambassador leaves Nicaragua in week of diplomatic tensions

European Union Ambassador Bettina Muscheidt left Nicaragua on Saturday, just three days after being declared "persona non grata" by the government of President Daniel Ortega, in a week of tensions with the international community.

Al Jazeera

US envoy ‘will not be admitted’ to Nicaragua, vice president says

Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo says decision due to new US ambassador’s ‘interfering’ attitude.

The Conversation

Nicaragua has kicked out hundreds of NGOs – even cracking down on Catholic groups like nuns from Mother Teresa's order

Many countries around the world are becoming less democratic as leaders in places such as Nicaragua, Mali, Hungary and Bangladesh seek to increase their power and diminish the ability of the courts, legislatures and independent institutions to constrain them.

The Guardian - US

Bolsonaro tries red scare tactics in Brazil election by raising spectre of Nicaragua

Brazil’s far-right president claims that leftwing rival Lula will repress clergy like Ortega but so far with little apparent success

Reuters

Pope asks Nicaraguan government to let expelled nuns return

Pope Francis asked the Nicaraguan government on Thursday to allow expelled nuns of the order founded by Mother Teresa to return to Nicaragua, saying they were harmless "revolutionaries of the gospel."

The Independent UK

Pope: Vatican seeks talks on Nicaragua's Catholic crackdown

Pope Francis says the Vatican is in contact with the Nicaraguan government about its crackdown on the Catholic Church and hoped that “at the very least” nuns from Mother Teresa’s Sisters of Charity religious order would be allowed to return to the country

The Independent UK

Fleeing Nicaraguans strain Costa Rica's asylum system

Since the summer of 2021, when Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega locked up dozens of political opponents ahead of November’s presidential elections, Nicaraguans have been seeking asylum in Costa Rica at the highest levels since Nicaragua’s political crisis exploded in April 2018

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