Nicaragua has withdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council following a damning report by U N experts accusing ...

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 ...

CLERGY in Nicaragua are being forced to report to the police weekly, and to seek approval for the content of their services, ...

On Tuesday, opposition figures and exiled Nicaraguan media outlets reported that the government has confined former Sandinista commander Henry Ruiz, 81, to his home in Managua, marking the latest move ...

Trump wants to expel Nicaragua from U.S.-Central America free trade deal. Will it bring dictatorship’s downfall? | Opinion ...

The suspension of foreign aid programs supporting democracy promotion in authoritarian countries has left many wondering if U ...

San José (AFP) – Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, under sanctions for human rights abuses, has sworn in 30,000 hooded ...

MEXICO CITY -- The Nicaraguan government has dismantled the last remaining ... The report by human rights experts is the latest and strongest rebuke of the government of President Daniel Ortega and ...

The declaration comes a day after Ortega’s administration announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights ...

NICARAGUAN President Daniel Ortega was sworn in for his fourth five-year term yesterday — with his wife Rosario Murillo as vice-president. Cuban First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel led a delegation ...

The UN called for action against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government. It accuses the Ortega administration of turning the country into an authoritarian state. Constitutional reforms allow ...