As Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega seeks a fourth consecutive term in November, he’s pulling all the levers at his disposal to ensure his Sandinista National Liberation Front retains power. Last ...

FILE - This Aug. 29, 2008 file photo shows poet and Catholic priest Ernesto Cardenal in his home while under house arrest, in Managua, Nicaragua. Cardenal, who once served in Nicaragua's Sandinista ...

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Nicaraguan authorities released about 40 political prisoners on Saturday, two activists in the Central American country told Reuters. Those who were released will remain under house arrest and be ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Nicaragua's Supreme Court has thrown out the current leader of the main opposition party and reinstated a former leader who had sued for control of the Independent Liberal Party.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – Teary-eyed Sandinista leaders bade farewell to the "older brother" of their revolution at a dramatic midnight funeral and President Daniel Ortega declared three days of national ...

Nicaragua has been locked in a turbulent political crisis since April 2018. After years of discontent with leftist president Daniel Ortega’s growing authoritarianism, peaceful anti-government protests ...

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The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, in the middle, embraces the Venezuelan leader Diosdado Cabello under the watchful eye of the First Lady Rosario Murillo during a celebration of the ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — As Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega seeks a fourth consecutive term in November, he’s pulling all the levers at his disposal to ensure his Sandinista National Liberation Front ...