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Nicaragua’s dictator Daniel Ortega got some political oxygen after he freed 222 political prisoners, including some of his country’s top opposition leaders, and sent them to the United States.
Nicaragua has increased human rights violations and persecution of the opposition as it ratchets up its efforts to stifle dissent, a United Nations group of experts monitoring the country said ...
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Nicaragua is a country in Central America with constitutional democracy with executive, legislative, judicial, and electoral branches of government. The President of Nicaragua is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in the National Assembly.
9 February – The government of Nicaragua releases 222 political prisoners and sends them to the United States. [1]18 October – Nicaragua releases 12 Catholic priests, critical of President Daniel Ortega's regime, and sends them to Rome, Italy, following an agreement with Vatican City.
Historically, Nicaragua had a two-party system, with varying two dominant political parties. The 2006 general election could have marked the end of the bipartite scheme, as the anti-Sandinista forces split into two major political alliances: the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and the Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC). [1]
(Reuters) -Nicaragua's government outlawed 1,500 non-governmental organizations on Monday, in its latest ban of groups it accuses of breaking the law, part of a longstanding crackdown on civil ...
The government also permits domestic and international human rights monitors to operate freely in Nicaragua. The constitution prohibits discrimination based on birth, nationality, political belief, race, gender, language, religion, opinion, national origin, economic or social condition. Homosexuality has been legal since 2008.