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Beautiful Game Indeed: The 2 hours when guns were in the shadow of...
Haiti didn't just need a win over Nicaragua; it wanted to prove that despite the multiple crises weighing the country down, it could still pull...
Drag queens compete for top prize in Nicaragua pageant
16 July 2023 12:06 PM ISTThe Mix Imperial Central American Tropical Drag Royale provided a stage for drag performers in a region where LGBT people often face discrimination...
Nicaragua frees protesters who aided mothers on hunger strike
31 Dec 2019 8:34 AM ISTDozens of people have been jailed since April 2018, after demonstrations against President Daniel Ortega’s attempt to cut welfare benefits escalated...
Nicaragua finds boat with bodies of 6 migrants in Caribbean
3 March 2021 7:43 AM ISTNicaraguan authorities said Tuesday the bodies of six people, apparently migrants, have been found in a small boat drifting off the Caribbean coast....
Nicaraguan police detain brother of arrested opposition leader...
27 Jun 2021 1:47 AM ISTNicaraguan police have arrested the brother of detained opposition leader Cristiana Chamorro, accusing him of damaging the country's sovereignty and...
Nicaragua's Ortega seeks re-election in questioned vote
7 Nov 2021 8:48 PM ISTNicaraguan President Daniel Ortega sought a fourth consecutive term in elections Sunday against a field of little-known candidates while those who...
Latin America’s new generation of dictators
17 Jan 2022 12:03 AM ISTOn January 9, the newly elected National Assembly began its work; a day later, dictator Daniel Ortega was sworn in for yet another five-year term as...
Biden targets Nicaragua's gold in new move against Ortega
25 Oct 2022 12:42 AM ISTThe new executive order greatly expands a Trump-era decree declaring Ortega's hijacking of democratic norms, undermining of the rule of law and use of...