Rosario Murillo

Speaking before thousands at the Vatican, the head of the Catholic Church denounced the detention of 13 priests and two seminarians by Daniel Ortega’s regime

At least 13 priests and two seminarians were arrested between December 20 and 30 in Nicaragua, among them Monsignors Carlos Avilés, Silvio Fonseca, Miguel Mántica, and Father Pablo Villafranca

The detention of Bishop Isidro Mora is the latest attack in the country, which also recently expelled a group of priests being held as political prisoners

The ruling Sandinista apparatus has redoubled its persecution of the Catholic Church. The detention of Mora Ortega is the second such move against a religious leader after Rolando Álvarez was jailed last year

The organization issued a statement detailing only that they are closing operations ‘at the request of the authorities.’ The end of their humanitarian work leaves political prisoners completely unprotected

A non-profit run by exiles has produced ‘Freedom behind bars,’ a book that compiles the stories of 11 female survivors of the regime’s notorious penitentiary system

The Sandinista apparatus, accused of frequent human rights violations, condemned the organization for aligning with the United States

The tireless human rights advocate has become the scourge of the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua

The regional body, known by its initials OAS, has long criticized rights violations under Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega

Judges, secretaries, janitors, chauffeurs and even President Daniel Ortega’s first-born son have all been summarily sent home by the ‘co-president’

The Sandinista regime is making millions from the mass influx of desperate travelers trying to make it to the United States

After several political prisoners were released and exiled back in February, arrests have accelerated again. The Central American country is sinking into unstoppable repression

In 2021, the Sandinista government seized her passport, blocking her from seeking cancer treatment abroad. Despite her illness, she continued to demand the release of her family members

Nicaragua is preparing to sign a new deal with its Asian partner after breaking ties with Taiwan in December 2021

The Sandinista regime is trying to shut down the loud demands for the release of the Catholic leader by bringing in Cash Luna, a pastor with links to drug trafficking, to Nicaragua

Nicaragua’s presidential couple, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, is promoting feast-day celebrations across the country while repression against Catholicism continues apace

Income from family remittances in 2022 stood at close to $2.5 billion, a figure that is forecast to double in 2023 with 725,000 people having fled the country in five years

The United Nations Green Climate Fund has blocked $116.6 million in funding, while the Central American Bank for Economic Integration has pushed back the delivery of a $3.5 billion loan

The State Department warns that it ‘will consider all available tools to deter and disrupt anti-democratic activity’ in Central American countries

The Ortega-Murillo dictatorship has struggled to rid itself of a highly inconvenient political prisoner and its most outspoken clerical critic

According to the latest survey by the CID-Gallup firm, 56% of Nicaraguans disapprove of the government, while only 16% of respondents support the Sandinistas

The Monteverde Group, formed in exile, seeks to overcome internal ideological differences and achieve ‘a peaceful solution to the dictatorship’

‘The submitted proposals are intended to question the unprecedented brutality applied by the dictatorship of Ortega and Murillo,’ claim denationalized Nicaraguan dissidents