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Nicaraguan police seize control of 5 municipalities ahead of elections, opposition says

Nicaraguan police took control of five municipalities run by a party opposed to President Daniel Ortega in recent days, dismissing elected leaders and installing ruling party sympathizers in their place, opposition organizations said on Monday.

Reuters

This Political Dissident Faces Death Threats if He Goes Back to Nicaragua. Why Was His Asylum Claim Denied?

Nicaraguan government operatives threatened Mario Rajib Flores Molina with torture and imprisonment. A new court ruling has revived his pursuit of asylum in the United States.

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US sanctions Nicaraguan gold mining firm over ties to Russia

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Nicaragua’s state-owned gold mining company and the president of its board of directors partly over the Central American nation’s ties to Russia

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Nicaragua Congress renews Russian training exercise approval

Nicaragua's Congress renewed on Tuesday a decade-long decree allowing Russian forces to train in the Central American country, a decision criticized by the United States in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

US sanctions 93 Nicaraguan officials for crackdown

The U.S. State Department has imposed visa restrictions on 93 more Nicaraguan officials for their role in supporting the regime of President Daniel Ortega

The Independent UK

US slaps visa restrictions on 93 Nicaraguan officials

Biden administration accuses designated judges, prosecutors and lawmakers of helping ‘undermine democracy’ in Nicaragua.

Al Jazeera

Niacaragua authorizes entry of Russian troops, planes, ships

The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has authorized Russian troops, planes and ships to deploy to Nicaragua for purposes of training, law enforcement or emergency response

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Nicaraguan political prisoners held in 'horrific conditions,' says lawyer

Two former presidential candidates are among more than 180 political prisoners in Nicaragua undergoing "the worst kinds of human rights abuses," their lawyer said Wednesday.

Reuters

Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela are not at the Summit of the Americas — but their dissidents are

LOS ANGELES — It took two Cuban intelligence officers to carry art historian and activist Carolina Barrero, her hands and feet cuffed, from the protest she was staging this year outside the Culture Ministry in Havana.

Los Angeles Times

Mexico president's summit snub shows limits of U.S. reach in Latin America

The Mexican president's refusal to attend a U.S.-hosted summit because of disputes over the guest list highlights how Latin America's leftists are pursuing an increasingly independent foreign policy from Washington.

Reuters

Nicaragua government laying waste to civil society

Nicaragua’s Sandinista-controlled congress has cancelled nearly 200 nongovernmental organizations this week, ranging from a local equestrian group to the 94-year-old Nicaraguan Academy of Letters, in what critics say is President Daniel Ortega’s attempt to eliminate the country’s civil society

The Independent UK

Nicaraguan bishop, alleging police harassment, goes on hunger strike

A Nicaraguan bishop critical of President Daniel Ortega's government began a hunger strike on Friday after taking refuge in a Catholic church indefinitely in the capital Managua, alleging he had been targeted by the police.

Reuters

Nicaraguan bishop fasts to protest police harassment

A Roman Catholic bishop in Nicaragua has begun an “indefinite fast” inside a church to protest increasing harassment from national police, who he said followed him throughout the entire previous day

The Independent UK

Nicaragua president says he is 'not interested' in attending U.S.-hosted summit

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said his government was "not interested" in attending the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas next month, which some leaders have criticized for reports it may exclude the Central American country along with Cuba and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government.

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Iran Helps Nicaragua ‘Neutralize’ Effects of US Sanctions

Iran has pledged to supply Nicaragua with fuel, participate in oil exploration and consider investing in a refinery to “neutralize the effects of US and European sanctions and encroachments.” These sanctions target dozens of public sector officials and figures close to Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega who face charges related to…

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Nicaragua quietly seeks to re-engage with U.S. - sources

President Daniel Ortega’s son, an influential figure in Nicaragua’s leftist government, has reached out quietly to the Biden administration in recent months in an effort to re-engage with the United States, according to people familiar with the matter.

Reuters

Nicaragua convicts businessmen in latest phase of political crackdown

Two top executives of Nicaragua's largest business association have been convicted of "undermining national integrity", in the latest of a series of judicial actions against political opponents of President Daniel Ortega.

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Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela unlikely to join summit: US official

State Department official says three gov’ts unlikely to be at Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles in June.

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Nicaragua says state to take over headquarters of 'deplorable' OAS

Nicaragua said on Tuesday the state would take possession of the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Managua, two days after the Central American country exited the group and expelled some of its members.

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Nicaragua quits OAS over Ortega re-election criticism, says it is not a 'colony'

Nicaragua's government on Sunday said it had completed its withdrawal from the Organization of American States (OAS), which had criticized last year's re-election of President Daniel Ortega as illegitimate.

The Independent UK

Nicaragua says it is closing OAS offices, expelling staff

The Nicaraguan government says it is closing the Nicaragua offices of the Organization of the American States and expelling the staff

The Independent UK

Nicaragua tightens grip on universities to stifle dissent

Four years after university students led protests against Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega’s government, his administration is minimizing the chance of a reoccurrence by seizing a dozen private universities and closing them or shifting control to the state

Reuters

Nicaragua shuts down more than two dozen NGOs critical of Ortega

Nicaragua's parliament, controlled by allies of President Daniel Ortega, on Wednesday shut down 25 non-governmental organizations in a move slammed by the opposition as a further attack on civil society.

Los Angeles Times

Mexico, other Latin American countries condemned in annual US report on human rights

WASHINGTON — Countries in Latin America came under particularly harsh criticism in the U.S. State Department's annual report on human rights, with allies such as Mexico and adversaries including Nicaragua facing similar opprobrium.

Reuters

Nicaraguan judge sentences director of opposition paper to nine years in prison

The director of Nicaragua's La Prensa newspaper was sentenced on Friday to nine years in prison for money laundering, according to his relatives, in the latest sentencing of a government opponent detained at the order of the administration.

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