At a swearing-in ceremony on Friday in the small northern city of Ocotal, national police chief Francisco Diaz described the ...

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 ...

The Nicaraguan government has sworn in over 1,400 masked civilians to form part of a new volunteer police unit, sparking ...

The official government newspaper La Gaceta announced on Jan. 8 the “voluntary dissolution” of 11 of these organizations, ...

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

More than 2,000 Nicaraguan civilians wearing masks to conceal their faces were sworn in this week as what authorities called "volunteer police," but which exiled opposition figures said amounted to ...

Independent journalists face exile, arrest and disappearances under government led by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.

The migration issue could be a point of conflict between the administrations of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and ...

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.

There are already some examples of “self-deportations” that the Trump administration has encouraged as a way to help achieve ...

A worsening crackdown on independent media by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government saw 46 journalists forced into ...