The Catholic prelate, the most critical religious voice of the Daniel Ortega regime, was taken to La Modelo prison after refusing to board a plane carrying 222 political prisoners to the US
The regime of Daniel Ortega made the decision suddenly without notifying relatives. It has declared them ‘stateless’ and ‘traitors to the homeland.’ EL PAÍS has confirmed they were on a flight to Washington DC
New restrictions are being imposed on travelers with cameras and binoculars as the regime attempts to restrict reporting on the repression
In the past week, the Nicaraguan government has broken ties with the Netherlands, pushed out the EU ambassador and announced it will not accept Washington’s new representative in the country
The images have been published after relatives denounced that the food rations in the El Chipote prison were cut to “extremely incompatible with life”
The flow of migrants from the Central American country has become unstoppable; a dozen have died in the attempt to ford the Rio Grande between March and April
Daniel Ortega was sworn in for a fourth consecutive term this week after an election held in the absence of any major political rivals. Dozens of opposition figures are detained in a prison that is the most notorious symbol of the regime’s repression and human rights abuses
The coronavirus pandemic has given El Salvador’s president the opportunity to sell his image in the region and present himself as having the solutions to its deep-seated problems
Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have nine children, eight of whom work in the family business. They serve as government advisors, oversee an oil distribution business and run most of the country’s television channels and advertising companies benefiting from state contracts. But their movements are restricted, and they must respond at all times to the orders of their mother, the vice president
After a video of the 10-year-old went viral, EL PAÍS located his family and traveled to a remote farming community to reconstruct his journey