Tag: Nicaragua
In Nicaragua, concern over the fate of two French women arrested by the police
Two women with dual French and Nicaraguan nationality, whose relative was wanted, were arrested on Tuesday (September 13th) by Nicaraguan police, said a Nicaraguan NGO in exile in Costa Rica.…
Nicaragua: the headquarters of a seized opposition newspaper transformed into a cultural center by the government
The headquarters of the opposition newspaper La Prensa in Managua, occupied since last year by the police, will be transformed into a cultural center, announced on Tuesday August 23 the…
Pope calls for ‘open and sincere’ dialogue in Nicaragua
Aug 21 (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday called for an “open and sincere” dialogue in Nicaragua, where the state and the Catholic Church are at odds over the arrest…
Pope Francis “concerned” by the arrest of a bishop in Nicaragua
Pope Francis said on Sunday he was “concerned” about growing tensions between the state and the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, two days after the arrest of Bishop Rolando Alvarez, a…
Nicaragua: Police ban Catholic procession in Managua
Nicaraguan police have banned a Catholic Church procession in the capital for Saturday.for internal security reasons“, announced Friday August 12 in a press release the archdiocese of Managua, while the…
Nicaragua: live mass on the internet for a bishop besieged by the police
A Nicaraguan bishop critical of the government of President Daniel Ortega celebrated a mass on Friday August 5 broadcast on social networks live from his bishopric of Matagalpa, 130 km…
Government-critical bishop in Nicaragua harassed by police
Rolando Alvarez, Bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa and Esteli, poses in Managua, Nicaragua, in May 2022 in front of the Catholic Church where he says he fled from the…
Nicaragua: heavy rains leave four dead and four missing
Four people have died and four others are missing after landslides and river floods caused by heavy rains in Nicaragua. Two people were killed Friday, June 4 by a mudslide…
Nicaragua kicks out Organization of American States
President Daniel Ortega announced in November last year that Nicaragua would leave the OAS. The authoritarian ruler accuses the organization of meddling in internal affairs. President Daniel Ortega announced in…
Nicaragua: the opponent Chamorro found “guilty” of offenses charged by the power
The main opponent in Nicaragua, Cristiana Chamorro, was found guilty Friday of the crimes accused by the government of Daniel Ortega which prevented her from running for president in November,…
Nicaragua: three Ortega opponents found guilty of “undermining sovereignty”
These new convictions bring to 28 out of 46 the number of opponents to the already convicted head of state. A Nicaraguan court has found three opponents of President Daniel…
Nicaragua: 13 years in prison for two opponents, an ex-guerrilla and a student leader
The former Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua, Víctor Tinoco and the student leader Max Jerez were sentenced on Monday February 21 to 13 years in prison for “violation of…