Rosario Murillo

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

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

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

A circular requires courts to seek authorization to carry out seizures, property occupations, or evictions, effectively subordinating the judicial system to the regime

The Nicaraguan leader reacted to a US State Department report by sharply criticizing Washington’s immigration policies, calling them ‘horrendous crimes’

A report by the religious organization CSW reveals that the Sandinista government has deployed undercover police at masses

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

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

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

The new Constitution tailored by the presidential couple legitimizes the ‘volunteer police’ and gives the Sandinista flag equal status with the national one

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

The Biden administration announces it will investigate human and labor rights violations, opening door to a suspension from the CAFTA-DR free trade agreement

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

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

The ‘Commander Two’ of the Sandinista revolution, today a fierce critic of the Ortega-Murillo regime, talks to EL PAÍS from exile about her life after prison and the struggle against authoritarianism in Central America

The regime has reformed the Cyber Crime Law to increase prison sentences and prosecute alleged crimes on social media, the last bastion of freedom of expression and press in the country

The Ortega and Murillo regime is staying silent and refusing to release the official list of the formerly incarcerated individuals who were sent to the South American country. The operation was carried out in total secrecy by the U.S. embassy in Managua

Washington reported the release of ‘unjustly detained’ dissidents under the Ortega and Murillo regime, who were sent to Guatemala and welcomed by the government of Bernardo Arévalo

In a country dominated by authoritarianism and poor economic prospects, the population can only cover half a basket of basic goods, according to a report by Hagamos Democracia