Venezuela is foreshadowing the new world order that Trump wants to impose
The military operation against Maduro is the most representative example of the foreign policy that the US president intends to extend
Mass releases of common prisoners: Daniel Ortega’s strategy that impacts Nicaragua’s security
The co-presidential regime has released more than 53,000 prisoners under the guise of ‘family coexistence.’ Analysts warn that this trend strengthens its political control
Nicaragua’s Ortega and Murillo release and parade political prisoners in whitewashing operation for US
The Sandinista regime is using this tactic to avoid getting expelled from the CAFTA free trade agreement or the introduction of 100% tariffs
Ortega and Murillo intensify internet censorship, the last bastion of freedom of expression in Nicaragua
The co-presidential regime takes another step towards total control of information with a telecommunications law that subjects the network to state espionage and turns the regulatory body into a surveillance arm
Ortega’s border business: $6,000 to be able to return to Nicaragua
Nicaraguans have denounced extortion upon returning to their country, while UN documents denials of re-entry due to alleged ties to the opposition
Ortega and Murillo’s latest strike: Nicaraguan regime dissolves Professional Baseball League
The presidential couple completes their coup against the historic Sandinista leader Bayardo Arce, godfather of baseball in the country, who was arrested in July
‘Revolutionary surveillance’: 90% of Nicaraguans feel spied upon
The Sandinista regime resorts to police, paramilitaries and neighborhood committees to quell dissent. A survey reveals the extent of social control
Deadly detentions in Nicaragua: Another opponent dies in custody of Ortega-Murillo regime
Attorney Carlos Cárdenas Zepeda, an advisor to the Episcopal Conference, died after 12 days of enforced disappearance. His case joins that of opposition leader Mauricio Alonso Petri
Rosario Murillo’s purge terrifies the Sandinista old guard
After the downfall of Bayardo Arce Castaño, other historic revolutionaries who oppose the co-president ‘sleep in different properties every day’ for fear of being arrested
‘We live with the same fear as we did in Nicaragua’: migrants caught between Trump’s deportations and the Ortega regime
Nearly 96,000 Nicaraguans who arrived in the US under humanitarian parole, along with another 4,000 protected by TPS, live in a legal limbo
Ortega orders increased ‘revolutionary surveillance’ to ‘capture and prosecute traitors’ in Nicaragua
The leader praised China and Russia on the 46th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution, in a ceremony that lacked any high-profile international guests
Invasion of the Indio Maíz Biological Reserve: Nicaraguan settlers besiege Costa Rica
Mining, ranching and logging by squatters — who are acting in collusion with the Ortega government in Managua — are expanding to the Costa Rican side of this nature reserve, which is key to maintaining the biological connectivity of the Americas
Judges in Nicaragua now answer to police under Ortega and Murillo’s rule
A circular requires courts to seek authorization to carry out seizures, property occupations, or evictions, effectively subordinating the judicial system to the regime
Bukele blames NGOs for protest outside his residence and promotes ‘foreign agents law’ to suffocate them
The Salvadoran military repressed some 300 farming families during the mobilization, an unprecedented event since the end of the civil war
Ortega breaks silence on Trump after Washington calls the Nicaraguan regime an ‘adversary’
The Nicaraguan leader reacted to a US State Department report by sharply criticizing Washington’s immigration policies, calling them ‘horrendous crimes’
Nicaraguan journalism (urgently) seeks allies to continue challenging the dictatorship
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In the absence of effective institutions and checks and balances, journalists in Nicaragua have become a crucial pillar of support for institutions, the opposition, and civil organizations devastated by the repression of Ortega and Murillo
No freedom of movement, supervised sermons and no prayers for Nicaragua: How the Ortega-Murillo regime controls its priests
A report by the religious organization CSW reveals that the Sandinista government has deployed undercover police at masses
In Nicaragua, Ortega and Murillo now have their legion of 76,800 paramilitaries
The ‘co-presidential’ couple has sworn in an army made up mostly of civil servants, who appear in public while wearing balaclavas. ‘I was forced to and I felt moral shame,’ one of them says
UN presents evidence implicating Nicaraguan army in crimes against humanity
The United Nations group of experts investigating the responsibilities of the Ortega and Murillo regime point to the military, which has always denied its participation in political repression
King Trump
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The question is no longer whether Trump can amend the Constitution to stay in power, but whether American democracy is strong enough to withstand the challenges of a leader with a base willing to question its limits
Journalists on the verge of extinction in Nicaragua
Ten of the country’s 15 regions lack any type of journalists, who have been expelled, persecuted, or detained by the Ortega and Murillo regime
Nicaragua’s Ortega and Murillo institutionalize paramilitary groups behind the deaths of over 350 people
The new Constitution tailored by the presidential couple legitimizes the ‘volunteer police’ and gives the Sandinista flag equal status with the national one
‘Families broken by a dictatorship’: Christmas exacerbates the trauma of separation among Nicaraguans
More than 900,000 people have left Nicaragua since 2018 due to political persecution, the economic crisis and exile. In a country of just over six million inhabitants, almost every family has a loved one who is missing
US trade office launches probe into abuses by Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo regime in Nicaragua
The Biden administration announces it will investigate human and labor rights violations, opening door to a suspension from the CAFTA-DR free trade agreement
Nicaragua’s Ortega and Murillo consolidate their power over the army and the police
The reform of the Military Code and the National Police Law subordinate the armed forces to the presidential couple’s wishes, just days after a constitutional change that protects their succession
Marco Rubio, a hawk on Latin America: From attacking the ‘narco-dictatorship’ in Venezuela to welcoming his ‘friend’ Javier Milei
The next secretary of state, known for his tough stance on countries such as Cuba, is expected to put the region at the center of his agenda
Humberto Ortega, former Sandinista military strategist persecuted by the Ortega-Murillo regime, dies
The former guerrilla who became head of the Sandinista Popular Army was a feared and respected figure in Nicaragua in the 1980s. Fallen into disgrace and at odds with Vice President Rosario Murillo, he died at the age of 77 from heart complications while under house arrest by order of the presidential couple