Nicaraguan authorities swore in more than 1,400 masked civilians to form part of a new "volunteer" police force on Friday, ...

The new Constitution tailored by the presidential couple legitimizes the ‘volunteer police’ and gives the Sandinista flag ...

Ten of the country’s 15 regions lack any type of journalists, who have been expelled, persecuted, or detained by the Ortega ...

More than 4,000 people have been inducted into the force over just three days this week across the Central American nation, ...

Nicaragua has become one of the 20 most dangerous countries in the world for Christians, according to the International ...

In a continued assault on civil society and religious freedom, Nicaragua's government dissolved multiple nonprofit ...

Daniel Ortega is inaugurated as president of Nicaragua for the first time on this day in 1985. Firefighting helicopters ...

Save the Children International said Wednesday that it was closing its operations in Nicaragua, where President Daniel Ortega has overseen a clampdown on nonprofit, rights and religious groups.

The official government newspaper announced on Jan. 8 the “voluntary dissolution” of 11 organizations including the Dominican Nuns Foundation of Nicaragua.

A worsening crackdown on independent media by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government saw 46 journalists forced into exile and several arrested last year, a Costa Rica-based NGO reported ...

President-elect Donald Trump has long said he wanted to deport millions of migrants but never deported more than 350,000 a ...