The Virginian-Pilot

Daniel Rendon Ortega OBITUARY

Daniel Rendon Ortega, 63, passed away on January 6, 2021. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clemente L. (Clem), Otilia R. (Tillie) and brother, David Ortega. Born in New London, Connecticut, ...
Human Rights Watch

Government Critics Languish in Nicaraguan prisons

On February 12, Hugo Torres, a 73-year-old former guerrilla fighter and a critic of President Daniel Ortega, died in detention in Nicaragua. Torres was reportedly being held in inhumane conditions, ...
Washington Times

U.S. slams Daniel Ortega, wife as Nicaragua ditches hemisphere’s Organization of American States

The Biden administration sharply criticized Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo as the nation on Sunday officially left the pan-American Organization of American ...
WLRN

Nicaragua's Ortega proposes reform to make him and his wife 'copresidents'

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua, Nicaragua. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File) MEXICO ...
National Catholic Register

190 Attacks Against Church in Nicaragua Under Daniel Ortega Since 2018, Report Says

The report notes that in 2018 there were 46 attacks against the Catholic Church, including a mob entering the Managua Cathedral, death threats against Nicaraguan priests, and the desecration of ...
Yahoo

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega goes after the Catholic Church in his latest effort to stop criticism of the government

While Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega makes much of his own relationship with Christianity, the former leftist revolutionary's government has precipitated an unprecedented crackdown on the ...
Los Angeles Times

Nicaragua leaves Organization of American States in ‘step away from democracy,’ U.S. says

MEXICO CITY — The U.S. State Department called Nicaragua’s formal withdrawal from the Organization of American States on Sunday “another step away from democracy.” The OAS has long criticized rights ...
Portland Press Herald

Nicaragua frees 222 opponents of Ortega, sends them to U.S.

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Nicaragua proposes limits on media, NGOs; critics see attempt to silence opposition

The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has proposed two pieces of legislation that would clamp down on news ...
csis.org

Nicaragua: Dictatorship and Collaboration with Extra-Hemispheric U.S. Rivals

In the four years since the nationwide protests against the Sandinista regime began in April 2018, the authoritarian regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo has doubled down on consolidating its ...
The New York Times

Nicaragua Shutters 1,500 Nonprofit Groups, Many of Them Churches

The government of President Daniel Ortega revoked the legal status of hundreds of evangelical groups as part of its crackdown on institutions that do not bow to its authority. By Frances Robles The ...
Catholic News Agency

190 attacks against Church in Nicaragua under Daniel Ortega since 2018, report says

In less than four years, the Catholic Church in Nicaragua has been the target of 190 attacks and desecrations, including a fire in the Managua Cathedral, as well as police harassment and persecution ...