Now in exile in Guatemala, Mena may be out of prison but he’s far from free. Upon their release, he and hundreds of religious ...

A broad constitutional reform promoted by the Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega will probably increase the political ...

As Nicaragua's weakened opponents expend themselves in jail or exile or in rivalries, communist strongman Daniel Ortega has amended the constitution yet again, to lock himself and his family into ...

Nicaragua's parliament passed a law nullifying foreign sanctions against President Ortega's vice president and wife, Rosario ...

The Trump administration is expected to take a strong stance against dictatorships in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, with a ...

The UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua voiced grave concerns on Monday over newly enacted constitutional amendments, warning that the changes are an attempt to grant President Daniel ...

Oppenheimer: Nicaraguan dictator’s draft Constitution will officially turn his country into a police state. Here’s what it ...

In both cases, the leaders frame their proposals as necessary to modernise governance or stabilise their nations. Opponents ...

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

Exiled former judicial official Yader Morazán said the reform represents a profound reorganization of Nicaragua’s political and social structure. “In one stroke, Nicaragua becomes the North Korea of ...

Nicaragua has expelled Bishop Carlos Herrera, the head of the country s Episcopal conference, in what appears to be a further ...

More than 200 political prisoners were freed early last year and expelled ... “If adopted, these changes will sound the death ...