Politics
Nicaragua's Ortega regime expels European Union ambassador
So far the regime has not issued an official statement justifying the decision taken with the high ranking official
Human Rights
Nicaraguan ambassador to OAS condemns Ortega's 'dictatorship'
McFields said he was speaking on behalf “of the 177 political prisoners and the more than 350 people who have lost their lives”
Human Rights
Colombia condemns Ortega regime's expulsion of critics
Additionally, Colombia’s leftist government called for an international monitoring of Nicaragua and a criminal inquiry
Politics
Nicaragua's Ortega regime seizes country's top Catholic university
The Nicaraguan judge ordered that the university suspend all of its classes and administrative activities. However, no restart date was given, leaving its 9,500 enrolled students stranded.
Human Rights
Nicaragua's Ortega regime declares Jesuit Order illegal, seizes all property
The confiscation order said that the Roman Catholic order, also known as the Society of Jesus, failed to comply with tax reporting
Politics
Former guerrilla leader who helped Ortega dies as a political prisoner in Nicaragua
Torres was arrested last year along with 46 other opposition leaders last June ahead of the country’s presidential elections
Human Rights
Miss Universe Sheynnis Palacios in "indefinite exile" from Nicaragua, Ortega regime accused of "cruel intentions"
Anne Jakrajutatip, owner of Miss Universe, confirmed that Sheynnis Palacios' relatives left Nicaragua
Human Rights
Nicaragua freezes Catholic Church bank accounts after Pope's criticism of Ortega
Investigations "confirmed the unlawful removal of resources from bank accounts that had been ordered by law to be frozen," the police said in a statement
Human Rights
Ortega regime takes over headquarters of opposition newspaper, plans to turn it into ‘cultural center’
The offices of the newspaper “La Prensa” were occupied by Nicaraguan police forces as part of an alleged customs fraud investigation
Human Rights
Exiled Nicaraguan clergy rally behind Pope for calling Ortega regime a "vulgar dictatorship"
"Today he (Pope) has told them what they are: a dictatorship of unbalanced, vulgar and anachronistic, in the Hitlerian and communist style," the influential bishop said on Twitter.