World & Nation
Nicaragua, which plans for a waterway to compete with the Panama Canal, wants to control more of the Caribbean. Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica don’t like it.
Sept. 20, 2013
Nicaragua wants more ocean territory, and neighbors are angry
Nicaragua has released 12 Roman Catholic priests jailed on a variety of charges and sent them to Rome following an agreement reached with the Vatican.
Oct. 19, 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
President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua was quoted in an interview published here Wednesday as saying that the armed forces of Nicaragua have supplied weapons to leftist guerrillas in El Salvador and that arms may still be moving to the rebels through Nicaraguan territory, but without the consent of his government.
June 25, 1987
Unanswered questions about the environmental and social effects of Nicaragua’s proposed $50-billion transoceanic canal have prompted the government to postpone the start of construction until at least March, according to the commission overseeing the project.
Oct. 1, 2015
Nicaragua’s Sandinista National Liberation Front won local elections decried as unfair in all 153 of the country’s municipalities, cementing its rule.
Nov. 8, 2022
Nicaragua’s Congress has passed a law that would essentially ban opposition candidates from running in the 2021 presidential elections.
Dec. 22, 2020
Colombia recalls envoy to Nicaragua amid dispute about Caribbean
Nov. 27, 2013
A panel of United Nations-backed human rights experts has accused Nicaragua’s government of committing ‘serious systematic human rights violations.’
Feb. 29, 2024