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US secures the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners
3 months, 2 weeks ago

US secures the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners

Associated Press  

GUATEMALA CITY — The U.S. government announced Thursday that it secured the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners, who have arrived in Guatemala where they will apply for entry to the United States or other countries. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Eric Jacobstein, speaking with reporters, said that the Nicaraguan government received nothing in exchange for …

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U.S. secures release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners
3 months, 2 weeks ago

U.S. secures release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners

LA Times  

Freed Nicaraguan prisoners wave from a bus after arriving in Guatemala City on Thursday. The U.S. government announced Thursday that it has secured the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners who have arrived in Guatemala, where they will apply for asylum permits to come to the United States. “The United States again calls on the government of Nicaragua to immediately …

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US sanctions Nicaragua’s attorney general over human rights concerns
9 months ago

US sanctions Nicaragua’s attorney general over human rights concerns

Al Jazeera  

Washington says Morales Urbina ‘exploited her office to facilitate a coordinated campaign to suppress dissent’. The United States has imposed sanctions on Nicaragua’s attorney general for what it says is her role in the government’s “unjust persecution of political prisoners and civil society”. Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, who has been the attorney general since 2019, “has exploited her office to …

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In Senegal’s capital, Nicaragua is a hot ticket among travel agents as migrants try to reach US
9 months, 3 weeks ago

In Senegal’s capital, Nicaragua is a hot ticket among travel agents as migrants try to reach US

Associated Press  

DAKAR, Senegal — Gueva Ba tried to reach Europe by boat 11 times from Morocco, failing each attempt. Then, in 2023, the former welder heard about a new route to the United States by flying to Nicaragua and making the rest of the journey illegally by land to Mexico’s northern border. Many turn to savvy travel agents who know the …

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Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez and 18 priests arrive in Rome from prison, guests of Vatican
11 months, 1 week ago

Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez and 18 priests arrive in Rome from prison, guests of Vatican

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Nicaragua’s government released a prominent Catholic bishop and 18 other clergy members imprisoned in a crackdown by President Daniel Ortega and handed them over to Vatican authorities who welcomed them in Rome. Bishop Rolando Álvarez and the other clergy were jailed more than a year ago, in most cases, as part of a crackdown on the opposition …

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12 detained Nicaraguan priests freed, sent to Vatican
1 year, 2 months ago

12 detained Nicaraguan priests freed, sent to Vatican

The Hindu  

Twelve Catholic priests detained in Nicaragua have been released and sent to Rome after the government of Daniel Ortega struck a deal with the Vatican, government officials said Wednesday. President Ortega, a longtime nemesis of the United States, has in recent years clashed with the Catholic Church after Pope Francis referred to his government as a dictatorship. A government note …

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US sanctions Nicaraguan judges who removed dissident citizenship
1 year, 8 months ago

US sanctions Nicaraguan judges who removed dissident citizenship

Al Jazeera  

The sanctions come as the government of President Daniel Ortega faces ongoing allegations of silencing dissent. The United States has announced sanctions against three Nicaraguan judges for their role in stripping hundreds of activists and political dissidents of their citizenship, as the Nicaraguan government faces allegations of stifling opposition. Nicaragua’s government, led by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President …

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‘Rights crisis’: Amnesty report documents abuses in Nicaragua
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Rights crisis’: Amnesty report documents abuses in Nicaragua

Al Jazeera  

The government of President Daniel Ortega has been criticised for targeting dissidents and consolidating power. The human rights organisation Amnesty International has warned that the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo is deepening repression in the Central American state. “We’ve shown the continuum of repression to which Nicaraguan society has been subjected and the different …

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UN calls move to strip Nicaraguan dissidents’ citizenship illegal
1 year, 10 months ago

UN calls move to strip Nicaraguan dissidents’ citizenship illegal

Al Jazeera  

UN chief Guterres said that the right to nationality was ‘fundamental’ and should not be weaponised against critics. On Friday, the UN refugee agency said that a decision by a Nicaraguan court to revoke the citizenship of 94 exiled dissidents earlier this week is contrary to international law. “The recent legislative reforms in Nicaragua allowing for citizenship-stripping on arbitrary grounds …

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Nicaragua’s vote to strip opponents of citizenship
1 year, 10 months ago

Nicaragua’s vote to strip opponents of citizenship

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Last week Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega packed off 222 political leaders, priests, students, activists and other dissidents to the United States, their release long demanded by the international community. “He would prefer to revert to a steady, low-level authoritarian government in which there are no, perhaps none of the more visible forms of abuses, but continuing political …

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Nicaragua stripped the citizenship of the 222 dissidents it booted out. Is that legal?
1 year, 10 months ago

Nicaragua stripped the citizenship of the 222 dissidents it booted out. Is that legal?

LA Times  

Last week, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega packed off 222 political leaders, priests, students, activists and other dissidents to the United States, their release long demanded by the international community. The release of the prisoners was, in part, a tactic to “minimize the public costs of his repression,” particularly in the eyes of the international community, said Ivan Briscoe of International …

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Defiant ruling party supporters celebrate in Nicaragua
1 year, 10 months ago

Defiant ruling party supporters celebrate in Nicaragua

Associated Press  

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaragua’s ruling Sandinista political machine mobilized a few thousand of its faithful Saturday to celebrate the government’s decision to expel 222 opposition leaders, activists, priests, students and journalists. Carrying a portrait of Vice President and first lady Rosario Murillo, Lizbeth Chávez said “we are marching, celebrating our sovereignty, defending our sovereignty and telling the Yankee empire that …

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Nicaragua frees 222 political prisoners, sends them to US
1 year, 10 months ago

Nicaragua frees 222 political prisoners, sends them to US

Al Jazeera  

Nicaragua has released 222 political prisoners, including leading opposition figures, student activists and other critics of longtime President Daniel Ortega, and sent them to the United States in what Washington described as a “constructive step”. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who said there was one American citizen among the freed prisoners, welcomed their release on Thursday as a step …

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Cubans, Nicaraguans drive illegal border crossings higher
2 years, 1 month ago

Cubans, Nicaraguans drive illegal border crossings higher

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — U.S. authorities stopped migrants more than 230,000 times on the Mexican border in October, the third-highest month of Joe Biden’s presidency amid growing numbers from Cuba, Nicaragua, Colombia and other countries. Fewer Venezuelans came after the the Biden administration introduced new asylum restrictions on Oct. 12, but increasing arrivals from other countries more than offset that decline, …

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US targets Nicaragua’s gold sector in latest push against Ortega
2 years, 2 months ago

US targets Nicaragua’s gold sector in latest push against Ortega

Al Jazeera  

New sanctions are imposed in response to ‘attacks on democratic actors and members of civil society’, US says. Biden’s executive order gives the US Treasury Department “the authority to target certain persons that operate or have operated in the gold sector of the Nicaraguan economy”, the department said in a statement on Monday. “With President Biden’s new Executive Order, we …

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Nicaragua cuts diplomatic ties with Netherlands
2 years, 2 months ago

Nicaragua cuts diplomatic ties with Netherlands

Al Jazeera  

Nicaragua has accused the Netherlands of ‘repeated meddling’, after it barred the US envoy from entering the Latin American country. Nicaragua has severed diplomatic relations with the Netherlands over accusations of “interventionism”, hours after the Latin American nation said it would deny entry to the new United States ambassador because of his “interfering” attitude. “Nicaragua, faced with the repeated meddling, …

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US envoy ‘will not be admitted’ to Nicaragua, vice president says
2 years, 2 months ago

US envoy ‘will not be admitted’ to Nicaragua, vice president says

Al Jazeera  

Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo says decision due to new US ambassador’s ‘interfering’ attitude. Nicaragua will not allow the new United States ambassador to enter the country due to his “interfering” attitude, Vice President Rosario Murillo has reiterated, amid months of escalating tensions between the two nations. The US envoy, Hugo Rodriguez, “will not under any circumstances be admitted into …

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Nicaraguan police detain bishop, other priests in raid
2 years, 4 months ago

Nicaraguan police detain bishop, other priests in raid

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Nicaraguan police on Friday raided the residence of a Roman Catholic bishop critical of President Daniel Ortega’s administration, detaining him and several other priests in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the church and a government increasingly intolerant of dissent. The pre-dawn raid came after Nicaraguan authorities had accused Matagalpa Bishop Rolando Álvarez of “organizing violent groups” …

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At least 13 Venezuelans bound for the US border among 16 people killed in Nicaragua bus crash
2 years, 4 months ago

At least 13 Venezuelans bound for the US border among 16 people killed in Nicaragua bus crash

Daily Mail  

At least 16 people, including 13 Venezuelans bound for the United States border were killed after the bus they were traveling on crashed in Nicaragua on Thursday. As many as 16 people have been confirmed dead by authorities after a bus crashed on a highway in the northwestern Nicaragua department of Estelí on Wednesday night A police officer collects shoes …

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US slaps visa restrictions on 93 Nicaraguan officials
2 years, 6 months ago

US slaps visa restrictions on 93 Nicaraguan officials

Al Jazeera  

The United States has imposed visa restrictions on dozens of Nicaraguan officials, accusing them of having “undermined democracy” in the aftermath of President Daniel Ortega’s successful re-election last year. “The United States remains deeply concerned about the Ortega-Murillo regime’s unjust detentions of political prisoners and ongoing abuses against members of civil society,” Blinken said in a statement. “National Assembly members …

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Nicaragua’s OAS ambassador: “free” after blasting government
2 years, 9 months ago

Nicaragua’s OAS ambassador: “free” after blasting government

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Nicaragua’s ambassador to the Organization of the American States said he had been feeling a “weight in his heart” for the last couple of weeks. The day before, the Nicaraguan official asked for a point of order during an online meeting of the OAS to discuss unrelated topics and started speaking on behalf of “more than 177 …

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Ortega sworn in for 4th straight term as Nicaragua’s leader
2 years, 11 months ago

Ortega sworn in for 4th straight term as Nicaragua’s leader

Associated Press  

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega was sworn in for a fourth consecutive term Monday following elections considered rigged and on a day marked by sanctions from the United States and European Union against members of his government. On Monday evening, Ortega called for the lifting of sanctions against Venezuela and Cuba — both of whose leaders attended the …

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US slaps new sanctions on Nicaragua on Ortega’s inauguration day
2 years, 11 months ago

US slaps new sanctions on Nicaragua on Ortega’s inauguration day

Al Jazeera  

The move comes after President Daniel Ortega won a questionable consecutive fourth term in office in November. The United States on Monday imposed a new round of sanctions on Nicaraguan officials, including the defence minister, on the day President Daniel Ortega was sworn into office following highly questionable elections. Monday’s action, the latest sanctions targeting Nicaragua that the US has …

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Under fire for ‘sham’ vote, Nicaragua begins withdrawal from OAS
3 years, 1 month ago

Under fire for ‘sham’ vote, Nicaragua begins withdrawal from OAS

Al Jazeera  

The Nicaraguan government has started the process of withdrawing from the Organization of American States after the regional body denounced the country’s recent presidential elections as illegitimate. The move comes after Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla who has held office since 2007, was re-elected for a fourth consecutive term in a November 7 vote that rights groups …

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