William Botsch has been attending Miami courthouses weekly since May, where he has witnessed and documented the systematic arrests of migrants seized after attending appointments that were routine prior to Trump 2.0
A recent study found that these endangered areas are home to up to 46% of the global populations of 40 species that nest in North America but spend most of the year further south
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
The Sandinista regime is using this tactic to avoid getting expelled from the CAFTA free trade agreement or the introduction of 100% tariffs
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
Nicaraguans have denounced extortion upon returning to their country, while UN documents denials of re-entry due to alleged ties to the opposition
The presidential couple completes their coup against the historic Sandinista leader Bayardo Arce, godfather of baseball in the country, who was arrested in July
Money sent from abroad becomes a vital source of income for the South American country’s economy. By the end of the year, it will account for nearly 3% of GDP
The Sandinista regime resorts to police, paramilitaries and neighborhood committees to quell dissent. A survey reveals the extent of social control
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
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
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
In the era of ChatGPT, a traditional trade continues in Havana. Women read songs and novels aloud to the workers who hand-roll cigars, while also answering their questions
The leader praised China and Russia on the 46th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution, in a ceremony that lacked any high-profile international guests
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
Worker arrests could complicate the housing crisis and drive up costs in an industry already struggling with labor shortages
The court sides with the administration, leaving Venezuelans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Cubans at risk of deportation
A circular requires courts to seek authorization to carry out seizures, property occupations, or evictions, effectively subordinating the judicial system to the regime
The Salvadoran military repressed some 300 farming families during the mobilization, an unprecedented event since the end of the civil war
Electing one of the 18 prelates from Africa would be a surprise, but would also impose an uncompromising agenda on moral issues
The Nicaraguan leader reacted to a US State Department report by sharply criticizing Washington’s immigration policies, calling them ‘horrendous crimes’
After the Trump administration canceled humanitarian parole for around 530,000 Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan migrants, work permits were next to follow
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
The 532,000 migrants who entered the country under the protection program that President Trump has repealed have one month to return or may face ‘adverse consequences’
A report by the religious organization CSW reveals that the Sandinista government has deployed undercover police at masses
The Republican administration will revoke the legal status with which hundreds of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua have entered the country since 2022
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
