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Nicaraguan bishop arrested after two-week standoff at Matagalpa residence

Rolando Álvarez and eight others in custody after latest clash between President Daniel Ortega and Catholic church

The Guardian - US

Nicaraguan police detain bishop critical of President Daniel Ortega

Nicaraguan police raided a house where a bishop critical of President Daniel Ortega had been placed under house arrest and took him to an unknown destination in the early hours of Friday, religious and human rights groups said.

Reuters

Nicaraguan police arrest bishop, other priests in raid

Nicaraguan police have raided the residence of a Roman Catholic bishop, apparently detaining him and several other people holed up inside for two weeks

The Independent UK

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Tropical wave over Nicaragua still has low chance of developing, hurricane forecasters say

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A disturbance over Nicaragua is expected to move across Central America this week then emerge over the Gulf of Mexico.

Tribune News Service

EXPLAINER: Tension between Nicaragua and the Catholic Church

Nicaragua’s government recently shuttered seven radio stations belonging to the Catholic Church

The Independent UK

'Not even Orwell could have dreamed up a country like this': Journalists forced to flee Nicaragua

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — On Father's Day of last year, Octavio Enríquez shared pizza and soda with his two children. Then he told them he was leaving.

Los Angeles Times

Nicaraguans celebrate Mass peacefully after procession ban

Hundreds of Nicaraguans have attended Mass under a heavy police presence after the government prohibited a religious procession in the capital amid tensions with the Roman Catholic Church

The Independent UK

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Nicaragua's government shutters one of last opposition radio stations

The Nicaraguan government ordered the closure of a radio station known for its opposition against President Daniel Ortega, its director said on Friday.

Reuters

Nicaraguan police prohibit religious procession in capital

Nicaragua’s police are prohibiting a religious procession scheduled for Saturday in the capital, the latest sign of tensions between the government and the Roman Catholic Church

The Independent UK

Florida GOP leaders call Mar-a-Lago search a ‘Third-World’ act. Miami exiles debate it

MIAMI — In blasting the unprecedented FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home this week, Florida Republican leaders revived a familiar theme: The targeting of a former president and political foe is something that could only happen in a “Third-World country.”

Miami Herald

Costa Rica prepares plan to regularize status of 200,000 mostly Nicaraguan migrants

Costa Rica is readying a plan to regularize the status of some 200,000 migrants, largely from the Central American country's northern neighbor Nicaragua, authorities told Reuters on Wednesday.

Reuters

Nicaragua police investigating bishop critical of government

Nicaragua’s police say they have begun an investigation against a Roman Catholic bishop who has been an outspoken critic of President Daniel Ortega’s government

The Independent UK

Concern that Nicaragua repression could be "model" in region

Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega’s government has closed seven radio stations this week owned by the Roman Catholic church, as well as two other outlets serving the largely rural northern area with a history of opposition

The Independent UK

Nicaragua withdraws approval of U.S. ambassador nominee

The Nicaraguan government has withdrawn its approval of the U.S. nominee for ambassador to Nicaragua, Hugo Rodriguez, following his criticism of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's regime, the Central American country said in a statement on Thursday.

Reuters

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes near coast of Nicaragua - EMSC

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck near the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

Daily Mirror

Nicaragua crash: More than a dozen dead in smash on bus taking foreign nationals to US

At least a dozen people have died in a horrific crash and many more left injured after a bus reported to be taking migrants to the United States collided with two vehicles

The Independent UK

Nicaragua newspaper says staff have fled the country

One of Nicaragua’s leading national newspapers announced Thursday on its website that its staff had been forced to flee the country and would continue working from outside Nicaragua

The Independent UK

Turning up heat, US targets Nicaraguan sugar imports

The Biden administration dropped Nicaragua from a list of countries that can ship sugar to the United State at low import tax rates, another attempt to put economic pressure on the authoritarian government of Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega

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Florida members of Congress ask Biden administration to give Nicaraguans protected status

A bipartisan group of Florida members of Congress called on the Biden administration Friday to “redesignate and extend” Temporary Protected Status, a humanitarian protection that shields people from deportation, to eligible Nicaraguan already residing in the United States.

The Conversation

How The Clash's Joe Strummer inspired progressive politics in his fans

Joe Strummer, lead singer and lyricist for the seminal punk band, The Clash, died 20 years ago this December. Strummer, the son of a British senior civil servant and whose real name was John Graham Mellor, wrote songs that did not shy away from the politics of the Thatcher era…

The Independent UK

Nicaragua goes after newspaper for reporting nuns' explusion

The Nicaraguan government is now going after one of the few local newspapers that dared to report on its expulsion of the Missionaries of Charity, the order established by Mother Teresa

The Independent UK

Nicaragua finally shows off a dissident a year after arrest

The wife of Nicaraguan political activist Félix Maradiaga told journalists her husband had lost more than 65 pounds during his year in prison and she feared for his health

Bangkok Post

Cuban missile crisis redux in Nicaragua?

It was a piece of news so obscure and implausible that I missed it when it first surfaced last month. The news was that the Russians are going to put hypersonic nuclear missiles into Nicaragua and terrify the Americans into backing down over Ukraine. Or kill them all if they…

The Independent UK

Nicaragua government takes over five opposition-held towns

Nicaraguan riot police have taken over the city halls of five municipalities that had been in the hands of an opposition party, four months before scheduled municipal elections

Reuters

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.

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