Nicaragua
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Politics
Nicaragua Votes on Nothing as Ortega Buries the Ballot Box
Daniel Ortega’s threat to end meaningful elections in Nicaragua completes a long democratic demolition, built through court rulings, jailed challengers,…
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ANALYSIS
Nicaragua Buries the Ballot and Deepens Its Dangerous Geopolitical Isolation
Daniel Ortega’s declaration that Nicaragua will hold no more competitive elections transforms authoritarian drift into permanent rule, threatening the country’s…
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ANALYSIS
Central America Diplomacy Test Exposes Costa Rica’s Ortega Blind Spot
Costa Rica President Laura Fernández's remarks on Nicaragua ignited a regional debate over democracy, migration, and diplomatic pragmatism, revealing how…
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AMERICAS
Nicaragua Mothers Keep Score as Ortega’s Silence Outlives the Mother’s Day Massacre
Eight years after Nicaragua's Mother's Day Massacre, exiled families in Costa Rica still carry names, photographs, and unanswered grief, turning…
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ANALYSIS
Why Trump Spares Nicaragua’s Ortega — Murillo the Drug Cooperation Factor
Nicaragua has two co-presidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, and a reputation that once placed it in Washington's "tyranny" file.…
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LIFE
Plastic Bottles Are Choking Central America—And Each One Tells a Story
From Nicaragua's fishing villages to Guatemala's mangrove swamps, plastic bottles are arriving faster than anyone can clean them up—tagged with…
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LIFE
Nicaragua’s Pioneer Stateswoman Who Beat Ortega and Sought Harmony
When Violeta Barrios de Chamorro stunned the hemisphere in 1990 by unseating the Sandinista revolution, many Nicaraguans saw only a…
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AMERICAS
Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan Families Face Looming U.S. Deadline
More than 500,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela reside in the United States. CHNV, a “parole” initiative, once…
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ANALYSIS
Nicaragua's Constitutional Overhaul Brutally Crushes Freedoms and Democracy
Nicaragua's newly revised Constitution represents a dangerous lurch toward authoritarian governance, centralizing power in the hands of President Daniel Ortega…
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BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Nicaragua's Premium Tobacco Gaining Worldwide Recognition
Nicaragua's famous tobacco heritage shone at the Twelfth International Tobacco Festival, 'Puro Sabor 2025'. The event drew more than 350…
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