US court allows Trump to end temporary protections for 60,000 migrants Appeals court pauses an order that had protected status for Nepalese, Hondurans and Nicaraguans. Al Jazeera · Aug 20, 2025
‘Color is neither a poison nor a crime’: Judge rips Kristi Noem’s ‘racial animus’ in latest ruling protecting migrants Biden-appointed judge slams ‘discriminatory’ attempts by Trump administration to cancel Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Honduras, Nepal and Nicaragua The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025
Congress has a chequered history of overseeing US intelligence and national security Tonya Ugoretz, a top FBI intelligence analyst, was placed on administrative leave in June. The FBI has not said why. But the decision came around the time she refused to endorse what was reportedly a thinly sourced report accusing China of interfering in the 2020 US presidential election in favour… The Conversation · Jul 23, 2025
Trump ends deportation protections for people from Honduras and Nicaragua DHS said it would terminate temporary protected status for an estimated 72,000 Hondurans and 4,000 Nicaraguans The Guardian - US · Jul 7, 2025
Temporary status to be removed from roughly 80,000 Hondurans, Nicaraguans after 25 years in US The Department of Homeland Security says it's ending Temporary Protected Status for nearly 80,000 Hondurans and Nicaraguans in the U.S. This status, granted after Hurricane Mitch in 1998, allowed them to live and work in the country The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2025
Critic Of Nicaragua's Ortega Shot Dead In Exile In Costa Rica A retired Nicaraguan army officer in exile who fiercely criticized authoritarian President Daniel Ortega was shot dead Thursday in neighboring Costa Rica, his family and officials said. International Business Times · Jun 20, 2025
Religious leaders released from Nicaraguan prison say their experience only strengthens their faith U.S. efforts resulted in the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners including faith leaders in September 2024 The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025
Violeta Chamorro obituary First female president of Nicaragua who won a surprise victory over Daniel Ortega and served her country in the 1990s The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2025
How Mexico became the ‘gateway to hell’ for Egyptians chasing the American Dream INDEPENDENT ARABIA: Engy Magdy uncovers a transnational smuggling network facilitating the illegal migration of people from Egypt through Central America The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2025
Nicaragua's former President Violeta Chamorro dies at 95, family says Violeta Chamorro, an unassuming homemaker who was thrust into national politics by her husband’s assassination and stunned the world by ousting the ruling Sandinista party in presidential elections and ending Nicaragua’s civil war, died Saturday, her family said in a statement The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2025
Violeta Chamorro, Who Brought Peace To Nicaragua, Dead At 95 Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua after decades of war and was the first woman elected president in the Americas, died Saturday at the age of 95, her family said. International Business Times · Jun 14, 2025
The Trump Administration Just Created Hundreds of Thousands of Illegal Immigrants A blow to recent arrivals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela Reason · Jun 13, 2025
Nicaraguan 'Dictatorship' Is Doomed, Says Exiled Author Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's "dictatorship" is doomed, exiled novelist Sergio Ramirez has told AFP, predicting the population will eventually rebel against the elderly ex-guerrilla. International Business Times · May 22, 2025
How Trump could subvert the Constitution and stay in office for a third term ANALYSIS: The president would need the backing of the military, writes Pascal Lupien The Independent UK · May 14, 2025
The Independent UK · May 12, 2025 Donald Trump could remain in office after his term ends. Here’s how ANALYSIS: There’s a real danger of the Constitution being subverted, writes Pascal Lupien
The Conversation · May 12, 2025 How Donald Trump could remain president of the United States United States President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of remaining in office after his second term ends in 2029. Since the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1951, no U.S. president has challenged the two-term limit it established.
The Independent UK · May 11, 2025 Former Panamanian president Martinelli leaves Nicaraguan embassy for asylum in Colombia Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli has left the Nicaraguan embassy where he had sought refuge more than a year ago after the courts upheld a prison sentence against him for money laundering and headed to Colombia where he has received political asylum
The Independent UK · May 9, 2025 Trump team calls on Supreme Court to end humanitarian protections for 530,000 immigrants Federal judges have blocked Trump’s attempts to revoke legal status for thousands of people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela
The Independent UK · May 4, 2025 Nicaragua withdraws from UNESCO in protest at press freedom award UNESCO has announced the withdrawal of Nicaragua from the U.N. cultural and educational body because of the awarding of a UNESCO prize celebrating press freedom to a Nicaraguan newspaper, La Prensa
The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2025 Judge Indira Talwani blocks Trump from ending Biden-era immigration program Massachusetts justice moves to shield immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela from administration’s hard-line deportation measures
The Independent UK · Apr 9, 2025 Nicaragua’s crackdown on the Catholic Church is worsening, exiles and human rights advocates say Preparations for widely popular Lent and Holy Week processions are underway across Latin America – but not in Nicaragua
The Guardian - US · Apr 6, 2025 A Nicaraguan asylum seeker checked in with Ice every week. He was arrested anyway Alberto Lovo Rojas fled violence in his home country. Now, he fears Trump-backed deportation
The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2025 Panamanian ex-leader Martinelli remains in the Nicaraguan Embassy after window to leave expired Panama’s ex-President Ricardo Martinelli remains inside the Nicaraguan Embassy more than a year after he first entered and a week after Panama said it would allow him to leave
International Business Times · Apr 3, 2025 Experts Accuse 54 Top Nicaragua Officials Of Grave Abuses Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, his wife, and dozens of senior officials were responsible for arbitrary detentions, torture and extrajudicial executions, a report by UN experts said Thursday.
Reason · Mar 24, 2025 Trump Ends Program for Legal Migrants From Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela Over 500,000 migrants used the program to enter and work in the U.S.