The United States government has extended its sanctions against officials in President Daniel Ortega’s Nicaraguan ...

A clandestine opposition movement remains active in Nicaragua, but options for restoring democracy in the Central American country are dwindling.

A clandestine opposition movement remains active in Nicaragua, but options for restoring democracy in the Central American ...

The United States will impose visa restrictions on more than 250 officials of the Nicaraguan government of President Daniel ...

Ortega first came to power in 1979 after his Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) ousted the dictator Anastasio Somoza. He was elected president in 1984 and served until 1990.

FILE PHOTO: Nicaragua's President Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo greet supporters during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the taking of the national palace by Sandinistas ...

The Church is seen as a destabilizing element for the Latin American country by President Ortega and his wife, Vice President Murillo. Countless priests are in prison, many nuns have been expelled ...

Nicaragua’s government, led by President Daniel Ortega and his wife and co-President, Rosario Murillo, has been cracking down on dissent since it violently repressed protests in 2018 ...