New posted notices announce that bringing Bibles, newspapers, magazines, books of any kind, drones and cameras into Nicaragua ...

The Biden administration announced new sanctions and other restrictions on Nicaragua Wednesday, aiming to curb migration to the U.S. southern border and penalize the country for alleged human rights ...

Tourists entering Nicaragua are no longer allowed to carry Bibles. The restriction, which also applies to other printed materials and electronic equipment, is part of a growing list of prohibited ...

Nicaragua has been locked in a turbulent political crisis since April 2018. After years of discontent with leftist president Daniel Ortega’s growing authoritarianism, peaceful anti-government protests ...

The law requires Nicaraguans working for foreign organizations to register as "foreign agents" with the Interior Ministry. The opposition has raised concerns the legislation will become "another tool ...

Nicaragua’s authoritarian government has begun holding dissidents without revealing their whereabouts or acknowledging their detention. Two have turned up dead. By Frances Robles Frances Robles has ...

Environmental health risks impose a significant burden on Nicaragua’s economy, amounting to 2.6 billion NIO or 2.4% of the country’s GDP. These risks result in premature deaths and infections, ...

The pattern of releases and penalty reductions for prisoners convicted of drug trafficking in Nicaragua give an insight into the deep penetration of the drug trade into the judicial system, which has ...

(New York) – Nicaragua’s total ban on abortion is putting women and girls’ health and lives at risk. The country’s 2006 law punishing abortion – without any exceptions, even if pregnancies are ...

When demonstrators gathered Wednesday in Nicaragua's capital, Managua, their stated intent was partly one of mourning: Thousands had filled the city's streets to for what they called "the mother of ...

A wave of government attacks on church leaders has extinguished the last independent voice in the Central American nation. By Alfonso Flores BermúdezAnatoly Kurmanaev and Yubelka Mendoza MATAGALPA, ...

Nicaragua has long been one of the least violent countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Although some local gangs and at least one transnational criminal organization have a foothold there, so ...