That’s how Nicaragua’s Nov 7 election is shaping up after the government of Daniel Ortega arrested and disqualified every major opposition candidate running against him, including his last ...

The Nicaraguan Supreme Court has lifted a constitutional ban on re-election, clearing the way for President Daniel Ortega to run again in 2011 elections. The court's decision followed an appeal by ...

Nicaragua's regime announced dozens of constitutional amendments yesterday that include extending President Daniel Ortega's term without elections. Why it matters: Observers say the changes could ...

Nicaragua's socio-political crisis erupted in 2018, after massive protests against Daniel Ortega, who is in office since 2007 and who got nearly 76% of the votes Sunday for a fifth straight term.

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"The attorney general of Nicaragua, in concert with the Ortega-Murillo regime ... but was defeated in re-election in 1990. But since his return to power in 2006, he has sought to consolidate ...

NICARAGUAN President Daniel Ortega was sworn in for his fourth five-year term yesterday ... In 1984 he became president in what was described as the country’s first democratic elections in decades. He ...

Donald Trump’s moves to install loyalists in US security agencies and the military echo the actions of strongmen worldwide ...

Nicaragua announced last week it is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a U.N. report that slammed the government’s human rights violations and warned the country was ...

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, under sanctions for human rights abuses, has sworn in 30,000 hooded civilians as a "volunteer police" force the opposition fears will be used as a tool of political ...

MEXICO CITY — The Nicaraguan government has dismantled the last remaining checks and balances and was “systematically executing a strategy to cement total control of the country through severe ...

Nicaragua announced on Thursday it would withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a UN report that ...