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

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

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

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

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

Violeta Chamorro, who has died aged 95, was the first female president elected in the Americas. A conciliatory figure, she ...

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 ...

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

Violeta Chamorro’s daughter, Cristiana Chamorro, was held under house arrest for months in Nicaragua and then convicted of money laundering and other charges as Ortega moved to ...

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

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

Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua after years of war and was the first woman elected president in the Americas, died Saturday at the age of 95, her family said.