Volker Türk warns that proposed changes would undermine political pluralism, freedom of expression, and protections against ...

The crisis started rather unexpectedly when pro-government groups violently crushed a small demonstration against reforms to Nicaragua's pension system announced on 18 April. The protest against ...

Nicaragua is in crisis. During five months of anti-government protest and the government crackdown that followed, hundreds of people have been killed. Local photographer Carlos Herrera has been on ...

GENEVA (22 NOVEMBER 2024) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today urged Nicaraguan lawmakers to reject proposed constitutional reforms that could further threaten the rule of law and ...

Nicaragua's National Assembly unanimously approved a constitutional reform that gives President Daniel Ortega sweeping powers ...

In cities like Masaya, located 35 kilometers southeast of the capital Managua, neighbors organize food collection centers and shelters where the wounded are treated. As the crisis worsens in ...

As 2020 nears, Nicaragua's humanitarian crisis continues and so do anti-government protests. See images from a country in turmoil. For almost two years, Nicaraguans have been protesting against ...

14 lives claimed the increase of violence in Nicaragua, which is about to break the the dialogue to resolve the crisis that left some 250 dead in almost three months of protests against President ...

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega is proposing a constitutional reform that would officially make him and his wife, current ...

Legislators greenlight reforms giving more authority to Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, accused of stifling dissent.

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife are set to assume absolute power after loyalist lawmakers Friday approved a ...

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega proposed a constitutional reform to expand presidential powers over other branches of ...