The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Thursday condemned Nicaragua for allowing President Daniel Ortega's re-election in 2011, despite a constitutional ban due to term limits.

The Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez Lagos of Matagalpa said his “main pastoral priority” was closeness to his priests, in his first public interview since

Nicaragua's regime has reportedly greenlighted the entry of Russian forces into the Central American country, according to a Russian state TV broadcast. “It is time for Russia to deploy ...

More than 4,000 people have been inducted into the force over just three days this week across the Central American nation, according to the government’s official news site

On Monday, the United Nations Human Rights Committee issued historic decisions finding that Ecuador and Nicaragua violated the human rights of three girls who survived sexual violence—Norma, Susana, and Lucía—who were then denied access to abortion and forced into motherhood.

A Nicaraguan woman staying legally in the United States has chosen to leave because of concern over President-elect Donald Trump’s campaign for mass deportations.

The president sought to end a program that allowed migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti to fly into the United States and remain in the country for up to two years.

Mauricio Funes, former El Salvador President, died in Nicaragua at 65. Having governed El Salvador from 2009-2014, he spent his later years in Nicaragua to avoid corruption charges back home. Granted citizenship by Daniel Ortega,

The United States wants to punish the Ortega-Murillo regime for engaging in "repressive and persistent" attacks on the rule of law, but using CAFTA-DR as a route may be complicated.

At a swearing-in ceremony on Friday in the small northern city of Ocotal, national police chief Francisco Diaz described the new force as one that will support existing police officers, and is voluntarily formed by civilians who will "defend peace and security."

A group of some 50 Nicaraguans released from prison by the government of Daniel Ortega in 2024 are stranded in Guatemala, following the decision of the United States to reject their request for asylum.