The Latest Breaking News from Nicaragua

In Nicaragua, would-be migrants learn to swim to brave deadly Rio Grande

Beaten down by the lack of work in Nicaragua, Martha Martinez plans to migrate to the United States. But before she sets off, she's learning to swim, in anticipation of the dangerous crossing of the Rio Grande River at the U.S. border.

Reuters · Apr 26, 2022

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.

Reuters · Apr 25, 2022

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 · Apr 25, 2022

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.

Reuters · Apr 20, 2022

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.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 13, 2022

Neocon war hawks: They're back!

The warmongering buffoons who drove the U.S. to disaster in Iraq and Afghanistan are now eager for war with Russia

Salon · Apr 12, 2022

América Latina y el Caribe divididos en voto para expulsar a Rusia del Consejo de Derechos Humanos

Apr. 8—Cuba y Nicaragua votaron este jueves en contra de expulsar a Rusia del Consejo de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas por las atrocidades cometidas por sus fuerzas durante la guerra en Ucrania, pasando de sus más cautos votos de abstención a señalar su abierto apoyo a Rusia.

Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2022

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.

Reuters · Apr 1, 2022

Nicaragua approves education reform seen as move to destroy university autonomy

Nicaragua's Parliament, dominated by President Daniel Ortega, on Thursday approved reforms that educators warn will weaken the autonomy of universities amid new rules that strengthen the government's control over curriculums, programs and chairs.

Reuters · Mar 31, 2022

‘Volcano boarding’ sees adrenaline junkie tourists slide down slopes of active powder keg in Nicaragua

It’s the only place in the world you can go boarding on an active volcano

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022