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Nicaraguan writer Gioconda Belli wins Reina Sofia poetry prize

Nicaraguan poet and novelist Gioconda Belli, known for her feminist and erotic literature, has been awarded the Reina Sofia Ibero-American Poetry prize

The Independent UK

Mum gives birth mid-flight on plane 30,000 feet in the air as passengers cheer

A Nicaraguan woman who hasn't been identified gave birth during a flight from Managua to Miami, Florida, before the plane made an emergency landing in Cancun, Mexico

Daily Mirror

El Salvador court sentences ex-President Funes to 14 years in prison

A court in El Salvador sentenced former President Mauricio Funes and his justice minister to more than a decade behind bars for their ties to criminal groups and failure to comply with duties, the attorney general's office said on Monday.

Reuters

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More Evidence that Biden's Private Sponsorship Migrant Parole Policy Reduced Illegal Migration by Making the Legal Kind Easier

A new study by the conservative Manhattan Institute concludes that the expansion of private sponsorship parole to migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela has reduced illegal migration across the southern border by about 98,000 per month.

Reason

Nicaragua government accuses Catholic Church of money laundering, freezes accounts

Nicaraguan police said on Saturday they are investigating several dioceses of the Catholic Church for money laundering, a day after local media reported that the bank accounts of parishes in the Central American country had been frozen.

Reuters

He escaped Nicaragua's violence. He was killed in LA trying to earn money for his daughter's birthday

Juan López left Nicaragua for the U.S. last year in hopes of escaping the violence plaguing that Central American nation.

Los Angeles Times

Nicaragua to close Red Cross offices in Ortega government's latest crackdown on civic groups

Nicaragua has ordered the closure of the country's Red Cross, capping a crackdown that has seen the government toss out out religious orders, charities and civic groups

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Girl, 8, and three others stung to death by bees after horror 165ft bus crash

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONETENT - The people had managed to survive a horror bus crash on Monday in Nicaragua, Central America, but were killed moments later by the huge swarm of bees

Daily Mirror

Nicaragua arrests 40 opposition figures in new round-up of critics

Forty political opponents of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega have been arrested and charged with crimes including conspiracy and treason in a new round-up of government critics, relatives of five of the detainees said on Thursday.

Reuters

US parole program to continue post-Title 42, Mexico to accept returnees

The United States will continue to accept migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela under a humanitarian program after May 11, when the COVID-19 health policy known as Title 42 is set to end, the U.S. and Mexican governments said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Are some human rights more important than others? Religious freedom advocates often put it first

Every year, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) releases a report on religious oppression around the world, recommending that the State Department designate specific countries as especially severe violators. In this year’s report, released May 1, 2023, Iran came in for particular criticism after months of protests and…

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El Salvador tries ex-leader Funes in absentia for gang truce

El Salvador opened a trial Wednesday against former President Mauricio Funes alleging that he had negotiated a truce with the country’s powerful street gangs when he was president, but the trial will proceed without Funes who lives in Nicaragua

The Independent UK

Russian foreign minister visits Cuba, condemns US sanctions

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday condemned U.S. sanctions against Cuba, as he visited the island during the last leg of a Latin American tour that took him to Brazil, Nicaragua and Venezuela

The Independent UK

US targets Nicaraguan officials for revoking critics' citizenship - Treasury

The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three Nicaraguan judicial officials it said were involved in revoking the citizenship of more than 300 people who oppose President Daniel Ortega's government.

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Concacaf Releases 2023 Gold Cup Schedule, Venues

The USMNT will play group stage games in Chicago, St. Louis and Charlotte with the Gold Cup final set for SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.

Reuters

Nicaragua withdraws approval of EU ambassador to country

Nicaragua has withdrawn its approval of the European Union's ambassador to the country, the Central American nation's foreign ministry said Tuesday, after an EU statement calling for a "return to the rule of law" in Nicaragua.

Sports Illustrated

USMNT Draws Easy Gold Cup Group Ahead of Concacaf Title Defense

The U.S. group includes Jamaica and Nicaragua.

Miami Herald

Pentagon’s leaked docs show Russia and China’s reach in Latin America and the Caribbean

A recent leak of U.S. classified intelligence reports appears to confirm what many Latin America and Caribbean watchers have warned about in recent years: Russia and China are trying to gain a foothold amid waning U.S. leadership.

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The Independent UK

In Nicaragua, faithful celebrate Holy week indoors amid ban

Roman Catholics in Nicaragua have had to hold traditional “Stations of the Cross” and other Holy Week processions inside churches or on church grounds amid a ban on public demonstrations

Reuters

Ahead of Easter, Nicaraguan Catholics press on despite procession ban

As Nicaraguan Catholics prepare for Easter Sunday, a government crackdown on critics means Holy Week celebrations will mostly take place behind closed doors as ties between the influential church and President Daniel Ortega remain deeply strained.

The Independent UK

More Ecuadorians move to U.S., spared many others' hurdles

Amid economic woes and rising violence, more Ecuadorians are leaving their country and migrating to cross the border into the United States

Reuters

Ex-prisoner tells diplomats Nicaragua holding families 'hostage'

"I said I would hand myself in, but the police kicked down the gate," Tamara Davila, a formerly jailed Nicaraguan activist on Wednesday told regional diplomats looking into allegations of abuses by President Daniel Ortega's government.

Reuters

U.S. adds Nicaraguan National Police to export control list, citing human rights

The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday added the Nicaraguan National Police to a government export control list after the Biden administration said the police force was engaged in serious human rights abuses in Nicaragua.

Reuters

U.S. report cites killings, torture in Ortega's Nicaragua

The U.S. State Department cited credible reports of killings, arrests and torture in Nicaragua, as well as harsh and life-threatening conditions in the country's prisons, in an annual human rights report released on Monday.

The Independent UK

Vatican closes embassy in Nicaragua after Ortega's crackdown

The Vatican has closed its embassy in Nicaragua after the country's government proposed suspending diplomatic relations

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