Governments of Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, traditionally supporters of Russia and Iran, adopt positions from a different ...

As a U.S. international relations scholar, I think whatever comes next will be well informed by what has already happened in U.S.-Iran history. That includes an offer from Trump – who considers ...

Doña Violeta was, and continues to be, our President, the original one, from a period that shines ever more brightly as time ...

Violeta Chamorro’s daughter, Cristiana Chamorro, was held under house arrest for months in Nicaragua and then convicted of money laundering and other charges as Ortega moved to ...

The country’s first female president, known as Doña Violeta to both supporters and detractors, presided over the Central American nation’s uneasy transition to peace after nearly a decade of ...

Former Nicaraguan political prisoners Victor Manuel Sosa Herrera, left, and Armando Robles Alaniz, right, in February 2023 raise their country’s flag to protest the authoritarian regime.

Additionally, the flag of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), the Ortega party, will be made official as a national symbol along with the Nicaraguan flag, the national anthem, and the ...

Instantly, the 24-year-old from humble beginnings became a hero in her homeland as people celebrated her in Nicaragua’s streets, singing the national anthem and waving the country’s flag.

Gatherings on this scale had not occurred since the 2018 protests, which were met with brutal violence: Ortega’s regime killed more than 300 people and even criminalized the Nicaraguan flag. At her ...

Ortega’s daughter-in-law, Xiomara Blandino, a former Miss Nicaragua and a former Miss Universe finalist, had criticised Celebertti’s organisation last month, before Palacios’s triumph.

Sheynnis Palacios, the first Nicaraguan to win the pageant, became a symbol of resistance. The authoritarian leadership soon came after people close to the competition. By James Wagner Reporting ...

The director of the Miss Nicaragua beauty pageant, Karen Celebertti, has stepped down 10 days after she was accused of treason. Police said Ms Celebertti had rigged the contest in favour of anti ...