World & Nation
Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo agreed to host the Nicaraguans while they apply for entry to the United States.
Sept. 5, 2024
The canal, which was never dug, became a symbol of the odd and arbitrary nature of President Daniel Ortega’s increasingly repressive regime.
May 8, 2024
California
Mirna Soza was killed while riding the train home from her night shift as a security guard at Original Tommy’s hamburgers in North Hills.
April 24, 2024
A panel of United Nations-backed human rights experts has accused Nicaragua’s government of committing ‘serious systematic human rights violations.’
Feb. 29, 2024
Costa Rican officials say a member of the Nicaraguan opposition has been shot seven times in their country and is in serious condition.
Jan. 11, 2024
The director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant has announced her retirement, nine days after police accused her of ‘conspiracy’ and other crimes.
Dec. 12, 2023
The clergy members had been jailed more than a year ago, in most cases, as part of a crackdown on the opposition and church by President Daniel Ortega.
Jan. 14, 2024
Nicaraguan police say the director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant rigged contests so anti-government contestants would win as part of a coup plot.
Dec. 2, 2023
The Nicaraguan government lauded Sheynnis Palacios’ crowning as Miss Universe, but it’s emerged that she apparently took part in 2018’s antigovernment protests.
Nov. 24, 2023
The U.S. State Department is calling Nicaragua’s formal withdrawal from the Organization of American States ‘another step away from democracy.’
Nov. 20, 2023