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Nicaraguan Parliament Approves Constitutional Reform Granting More Power To President

Nicaragua's constitutional reform raises concerns over democracy and human rights due to increased presidential authority.

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Nicaragua OKs Reform To Boost Powers Of President, Wife

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife are set to assume absolute power after loyalist lawmakers Friday approved a constitutional amendment elevating her to the position of "co-president" and boosting the pair's joint control over the state.

International Business Times

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...

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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.

International Business Times

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

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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

Latin Times

Continuing crackdown on churches and NGOs moves Nicaragua further from democracy to authoritarianism

The Nicaraguan government recently shut down more than 1,500 nonprofits – many of them civic and religious groups doing humanitarian work in a country long mired in political violence, economic upheaval and social strife.

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Their churches no longer feel safe. Now Nicaraguans are taking their worship home

As President Daniel Ortega has moved aggressively to silence critics of his administration in Nicaragua, faith leaders have denounced their surveillance, harassment and threats at the hands of the state

The Independent UK

Nicaragua strips citizenship from 135 prisoners released to Guatemala

Nicaragua said Tuesday it was revoking the citizenship and seizing the property of 135 people who were expelled from the country last week after serving prison sentences in a government crackdown on dissent

The Independent UK

Nicaragua Strips Nationality Of 135 Exiled Political Prisoners

Nicaragua on Tuesday revoked the nationality of 135 former political prisoners who were freed and flown to Guatemala last week in a deal negotiated by the United States.

International Business Times

Nicaragua Flies Out 135 Political Prisoners To Guatemala

Nicaragua on Thursday freed 135 political prisoners who flew to safety in Guatemala in the latest such deal negotiated by the United States with strongman Daniel Ortega.

International Business Times

US secures release of 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua

The released group includes student and religious leaders who were arrested as part of crackdown under President Ortega.

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US secures release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners who have arrived in Guatemala

The United States government says it has secured the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners who have arrived in Guatemala

The Independent UK

US Secures Release Of 135 Prisoners From Nicaragua

The United States said Thursday it had secured the release of 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua, the latest mass transfer by President Daniel Ortega's increasingly authoritarian government.

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White House says it secured the released of 135 political prisoners in Nicaragua, including members of a Texas missionary group

Among others released are some who "Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo consider a threat to their authoritarian rule," said Jake Sullivan

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Nicaraguan congress gives legal footing to practice of prosecuting exiles and seizing their property

Nicaragua’s Sandinista-controlled National Assembly has approved criminal code changes that allow the government to try opponents in absentia and seize the assets of the condemned

International Business Times

Nicaragua Passes Law Against Those 'Undermining' Regime From Abroad

Nicaragua's regime-aligned Congress approved a law Tuesday empowering domestic courts to pass rulings against people and entities abroad that are found to promote sanctions against the internationally criticized government.

Latin Times

Nicaragua's Ortega offers to send 'fighters' to Venezuela as tensions remain high over electoral fallout

The Central American strongman said forces could help Maduro in case of an "armed counterrevolution"

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Nicaragua closes US Chamber of Commerce and 150 other organizations

Nicaragua’s government has closed another 151 nongovernmental organizations, among them some of the most important trade organizations, including the American Chamber of Commerce

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Nicaragua Revokes Registration Of 1,500 Non-Profit Organizations

Nicaragua's crackdown on civil society groups draws international concern over human rights and democratic principles.

International Business Times

Nicaragua Shutters 1,500 NGOs As Crackdown Continues

Nicaragua on Monday shuttered 1,500 NGOs, bringing to more than 5,000 the number of such entities scrapped in a crackdown on opponents by President Daniel Ortega.

The Guardian - US

Brazil cuts ties with Nicaragua as it rethinks links with leftist authoritarians

Two countries expel each other’s ambassadors amid growing tensions between Lula and Venezuela’s Maduro

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Brazil Expels Nicaraguan Ambassador In Diplomatic Retaliation

Brazil expels Nicaraguan ambassador in response to diplomatic tensions, leading to frozen relations between the two countries.

The Independent UK

Brazil expels Nicaraguan ambassador in retaliatory move

Brazil’s government has kicked out Nicaragua’s ambassador to the nation in retaliation for a similar move by the Central American country’s President Daniel Ortega

Latin Times

Nicaragua's Ortega used a front to take over the country's electricity sector, investigation alleges

The acquisition, valued at $140 million, involved a complex transaction that reportedly gave the ruling marriage more control over the country's sector

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