Stripped of citizenship, these Nicaraguans live in limbo scattered across the world
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 leaders, students, activists, dissidents and journalists were rendered ...
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UN warns of Nicaragua constitutional amendment granting president ‘virtually unlimited’ power
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 ...
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Nicaragua's Catholic Church faces 'systematic persecution,' NGO reports
Over 50 Catholic priests have been expelled, 200 prevented from entering, and dozens detained in what a human rights organization founded by Nicaraguan exiles describes as Nicaragua’s worst ...
Nicaragua OKs Reform To Boost Powers Of President, Wife
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife are set to assume absolute power after loyalist lawmakers Friday approved a ...
Nicaraguan lawmakers approve reform expanding Ortega’s power
The Nicaraguan parliament, dominated by the ruling Sandinista Front, on Friday approved a constitutional reform that hands more power to President Daniel Ortega as well as the Central American ...
Nicaragua's Ortega seeks to expand presidential powers
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega proposed a constitutional reform to expand presidential powers over other branches of ...
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Nicaragua's Ortega banishes leading Catholic bishop
President Daniel Ortega's government has expelled the head of Nicaragua's bishops' conference to Guatemala, the latter's government and church sources said Thursday. Bishop Carlos Herrera is the ...