Ortega has turned his brutal crackdown against critics into a form of interstate violence that also targets Nicaragua’s ...

On July 9 in Davenport Bishop Silvio José Báez Ortega will receive the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award for his work ...

A retired Nicaraguan military officer turned outspoken critic of President Daniel Ortega has been shot to death at his home ...

After a Nicaraguan human rights activist who had fled to Costa Rica was killed, concern has grown that the Ortega government ...

U.S. efforts resulted in the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners including faith leaders in September 2024 ...

A new policy brief released by Open Doors has exposed as a systematic campaign of repression against Christian communities in ...

One Nicaraguan journalist escaped a crackdown on press freedom to seek asylum in the U.S. Now she feels hunted again, as ...

A Roman Catholic priest and his driver have been detained and held for over a week in Granada Municipality, Nicaragua, with ...

We condemn the murder of Roberto Samcam in the strongest terms,” said Jan-Michael Simon, Chair of the UN Group of Experts.

Since taking office in 2007, Daniel Ortega has funneled more than $4 billion in Venezuelan petro-dollars through 'Albanisa', a spider's web of companies controlled by the Sandinista Front, outside ...

The country’s first female president, known as Doña Violeta to both supporters and detractors, presided over the Central American nation’s uneasy transition to peace after nearly a decade of ...