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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 ...
(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 ...
Nicaragua’s San Cristobal volcano erupted Tuesday, showering the northwestern city of Chinandega in ash. Video from the scene showed dramatically reduced visibility in Chinandega early Tuesday ...
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. [ 2 ] 18 November – Sheynnis Palacios , a Nicaraguan model and beauty pageant titleholder was crowned Miss Universe 2023 .
Wilson was largely frustrated by the chaotic situation in Nicaragua. Adolfo Díaz won the presidency in 1911 and replaced European financing with loans from New York banks. Facing a Liberal rebellion, in 1913 he called on the United States for protection and President Woodrow Wilson obliged .
Nicaragua is a presidential republic, in which the President of Nicaragua is both head of state and head of government, and there is a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the National Assembly. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Nicaragua said it expelled 19 clergymen to the Vatican on Sunday, including Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez, a prominent critic of President Daniel Ortega. Bishop Isidoro Mora ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in Nicaragua was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was shown to have spread to Nicaragua when the first case, a Nicaraguan citizen who had returned to the country from Panama , was confirmed on 18 March 2020.