On June 21, Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo announced that the Nicaraguan government had established diplomatic relations with the People of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, more commonly ...

I was 13 years old the day I got braces on my teeth and the United States bombed Baghdad, launching the “first” Iraq war. “Today, Wednesday the 16th of January 1991, we had just gotten out of the ...

Nicaragua’s Interior Ministry said Saturday the country would release dozens of prisoners, as the United States ramped up ...

People hold up a crucifix during the Good Friday procession in the courtyards of the Metropolitan Cathedral, in Managua, Nicaragua March 29, 2024. (OSV News/Maynor Valenzuela, Reuters) The ruling ...

Forty-five years ago, the Sandinista guerrilla overthrew the Somoza family dictatorship in Nicaragua. Today, President Daniel Ortega, in power for 17 years, faces accusations from opponents and ...

The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, canceled the legal status of Radio María Nicaragua along with that of several evangelical churches. The ...

Since 2018, the Ortega-Rosario Murillo government in Nicaragua has used multiple repressive strategies to punish citizens who have expressed political dissent, such as persecution, harassment, ...

The Latin American bishops expressed their solidarity with Bishop Herrera and said they pray “that this situation will be resolved soon and that he can return to his homeland.” Bishop Carlos Herrera ...

MIAMI — Nineteen priests kicked out of the country, dozens of incidents of harassment and church desecrations, rural areas lacking worship and social services: the situation for Catholic clergy and ...

Previous ed. published as: Area handbook for Nicaragua 1970. "DA Pam 550-88". https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri ...