Nicaragua has withdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council following a damning report by U N experts accusing ...

He also served a term as president during the 1980s when he was a notable Cold War antagonist of the United States during Nicaragua’s civil war. In a speech before the United Nations Security ...

The regime's crackdown on religious groups is not an isolated campaign—it mirrors a broader attack on civil liberties. "As is the case in many communist countries, Nicaragua has come to view ...

Even Palestine and North Korea signed it. Syria, ravaged by civil war, didn't participate, while Nicaragua didn't sign the agreement because it didn't go far enough. The Latin American country's ...

Once under Spanish rule, the country gained full independence in 1838. Today, Nicaragua is struggling to overcome decades of dictatorship, civil war and natural disasters, which have left it one of ...

“This is a Government at war with its own people.” UN experts recognized reestablishing democracy and the rule of law in Nicaragua will take time and resources. Despite this, they recommended ...

“The action by the Court of Appeals continues a clear path of criminalization and harassment of civil society in Nicaragua by the Ortega-Murillo regime.” Multiple human rights organizations have ...