According to President Daniel Ortega, the dissident prelate is being held in La Modelo prison but he has received no visitors and his lawyer has accused the regime of his ‘forced disappearance’
On Wednesday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hear the case of Beatriz, who died at age 21 after being denied an abortion. EL PAÍS looks at the other women who have lost their lives due to the region’s restrictive rules
Video of the scene at the Paso Del Norte bridge on Sunday showed hundreds of migrants arrive at the border. Many of them appeared to be asylum seekers
A human rights organization, Nicaragua Nunca Más, estimates that more than 50 religious leaders have fled the country since 2018
Doctors Without Borders has identified sexual violence as one of the most heinous problems in Mexico and Central America
About 4 in 10 U.S. adults say the level of immigration and asylum-seekers should be lowered
An investigation by the Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua finds the presidential couple and government officials culpable of the repression that began with the 2018 crackdown
The more than five-week session of the Human Rights Council opens as the world grapples with rights concerns including Russia’s war in Ukraine
Mexico “will keep open diplomatic channels of communication to benefit both societies, and also expresses hope that a democratic agreement can be reached soon”
The man who conceded that some considered him “a failed president” made himself the most active and internationally engaged of ex-presidents
The 222 political prisoners come from all walks of life but share a common sentiment: ‘Anyone who loves their family doesn’t want this’
Donald Trump pursued a similar ban in 2019 but a federal appeals court prevented it from taking effect
The Nicaraguan justice system has also stripped journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, Bishop Silvio Báez, feminist Sofía Montenegro and human rights defender Vilma Núñez of their citizenship
The legendary guerilla commander from the days of Nicaragua’s Sandinista Revolution spoke to EL PAÍS about her time as a political prisoner in Managua’s feared El Chipote jail
The sentence is the longest given to any of Ortega’s opponents over the last couple of years
The 222 political prisoners held by the Daniel Ortega regime and sent to the US have been stripped of their nationality. ‘Nobody will take being Nicaraguan away from me’
The Nicaraguan leader said it was his wife and vice-president, Rosario Murillo, who contacted the US Embassy in Managua to request the transfer of 222 dissidents to Washington
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
The millionaire businessman and former army chief has presented himself as a strategist and conciliatory figure within the Sandinista regime, despite disagreements with his brother, President Daniel Ortega
New restrictions are being imposed on travelers with cameras and binoculars as the regime attempts to restrict reporting on the repression
Authorities from three countries continue to search for a boat that disappeared on December 17. Most of the passengers are Venezuelans
Hundreds of migrants are camping on the riverbanks and in the streets of both cities as they wait for a Trump-era pandemic-containment measure to expire
Dr. Anna Lluch spoke with EL PAÍS about research funding, cancer screening methods and humanizing the treatment of patients
