Human Rights
Daniel Ortega's missing sister-in-law under house arrest, says Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
The organization called for her release “after considering that (Angélica Chavarría) is in a serious and urgent situation.”
Human Rights
Nicaraguan Ortega regime bans priests from public hospitals
Opposition denounces dictatorship, says Ortega regime is determined to “continue a policy of indoctrination” to “exterminate” churches and “make Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo the only leaders in the country”
Human Rights
Nicaraguan lawyer dies in prison after accusing Daniel Ortega of raping his sister
"I can no longer stand this torture and this unjust imprisonment (...) I hold Daniel Ortega responsible for anything that happens to me in this prison or anywhere in Nicaragua," Santos Sebastian Flores Castillo told the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH).
Politics
Irony: Communist Daniel Ortega calls Catholic Church a 'perfect dictatorship'
“If they are going to be democratic, let them start with Catholics voting for the pope, for cardinals, for bishops”
Politics
Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia and Russia celebrate Daniel Ortega's sham election
Nicaraguan elections were described as "fake" by the United States and the European Union
Human Rights
Ortega regime releases 12 priests imprisoned as part of Catholic crackdown after talks with Vatican
Daniel Ortega’s regime in communist Nicaragua has freed 12 Roman Catholic priests who were imprisoned on several charges and sent them to Rome
Politics
Nicaragua: Daniel Ortega mocks Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, the bishop who rejected exile is sent to prison
The 56-year-old religious man was accused in December by the Prosecutor's Office of the crimes of conspiracy "to attack national integrity and propagation of false news."
Politics
Lula: "Why can Angela Merkel be in power for 16 years, but not Ortega?"
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stopped short of criticizing Daniel Ortega directly.
Politics
E.U. strikes back, declares Nicaraguan envoy 'persona non grata' after communist regime expels ambassador
On October 2, the E.U. ambassador to Nicaragua, Bettina Muscheidt, was expelled by the regime of Daniel Ortega
Immigration
Costa Rica plans to regularize status of 200,000 Nicaraguan migrants
Many Nicaraguans are fleeing political repression and human rights abuses of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega