For hundreds of years, explorers and governments have dreamed of a waterway linking the Atlantic and Pacific. Proposed routes have ranged from Mexico to Colombia, but many have focused on Nicaragua. A ...

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 ...

Between stints of photographing and filming in Nicaragua, Susan Meiselas took a one-day break in Chicago this month to work out final details for ”Crossings,” an exhibition of her work at the Art ...

Nicaragua’s traditional “gritería” (Shout), celebrated every Dec. 7 in honor of the Immaculate Conception, marked its 150th anniversary last week amid debate over the government’s decision to ...