Nicaragua: Attorney General Now Controls University Grants

National Engineering University during an earthquake drill. Photo: from the University website Students from several universities told to resubmit their scholarship requests by June 20 to the Attorney General’s Office, now charged with...

Retired Nicaraguan major Roberto Samcam was shot dead in exile in Costa Rica

Barron, WI (54812) Today Cloudy with occasional showers overnight. Low 63F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 70%.. Tonight Cloudy with occasional showers overnight. Low 63F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 70%. Updated: June 19,...

Ret. Nicaraguan Major Roberto Samcam Killed in Costa Rica

Roberto Samcam, retired Army major, during an interview with the program Esta Semana, in 2019. // Photo: Confidencial He was shot eight times inside his home in San Jose, sustaining injuries to the chest, abdomen, and lower limbs, according to the...

Christians Increasingly Abused in Nicaragua’s Prisons 

6/18/2025 Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — In recent years, Nicaragua’s prison system has become a nightmare for Christian political prisoners and whoever else speak against the Sandinista National Liberation Front (SNLF) and the...

'Doña' Violeta Chamorro, who died Saturday, was democracy's beacon — then bust — in Nicaragua

Nicaragua’s first female president, Violeta Chamorro — who died in exile in San José, Costa Rica, on Saturday at age 95 — was best known for her stunning 1990 election victory over the country's ruling Marxist Sandinistas. Her landmark victory...

Nicaragua Faces Panama in Crucial World Cup Qualifier

Panamá City, Panama – The final match of Group D in the World Cup qualifying round is set for June 10, as Nicaragua takes on Panama at the Rommel Fernández Stadium. Nicaragua’s head coach, Marco Antonio Figueroa, emphasized the importance of the...

Nicaragua’s Coach Criticizes Panama Press Ahead of Crucial Match

Managua, Nicaragua – Marco Antonio Figueroa, the coach of Nicaragua’s national football team, criticized the Panamanian press as inflated ahead of the important match between La Roja and Nicaragua. Figueroa made these comments during a press...

Work Authorization in Transition: TPS, parole updates for Venezuela, Haiti, Nicaragua, and CHNV

The U.S. Supreme Court recently lifted a federal court injunction that had temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from terminating the CHNV Humanitarian Parole Program, which allowed qualifying nationals of Cuba, Haiti,...

Nicaraguan journalists ask Spain for citizenship after being left in legal limbo

Like Viktor Navorski, the character played by Tom Hanks in the film The Terminal, a group of Nicaraguan journalists live trapped in a legal limbo that condemns them to exile and legal nonexistence. In the fictional story, Navorski is stranded in a...

Migration Policies and Children’s Rights: The Case of Venezuelan Children in the United States

The Venezuelan migration crisis is one of the most significant in recent history. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have undertaken dangerous journeys in search of better conditions, facing restrictive U.S. immigration policies that have led to...

Religious leaders released from Nicaraguan prison say their experience only strengthens their faith

Orozco thought his innocence would eventually surface. So when the U.S. government announced that it had secured his release along with other political prisoners, he wasn't completely surprised. “That’s when I understood,” the pastor said. “God...

Nicaragua: Ortega Seeks to Consolidate Absolute Control

by eliminating all external oversight’ Nicaragua’s “co-presidents” Rosario Murillo and Daniel Ortega CIVICUS discusses Nicaragua’s withdrawal from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and other...

Violeta Chamorro, Nicaraguan leader who championed Catholic, democratic values, dies

ABOVE: Then-U.S. President George H.W Bush gestures after then-Nicaraguan President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro presented Bush with a disarmed Soviet made AK-47 in New York City Sept. 29, 1990. Chamorro, who led a coalition of 14 political parties...

Strength and ministry on Nicaragua mission

Photo by Jarod Gatley NicaragUa Day 4: Ryan Hudson (center) depicting the story of David and Goliath to kids during an outdoor church service. At the end of May, eight men from Level 5 CrossFit in Sisters flew down to Managua, Nicaragua, to...

La expresidenta de Nicaragua Violeta Barrios de Chamorro recibió el último adiós en Costa Rica

Por Djenane Villanueva, CNN en Español En una emotiva ceremonia religiosa, la expresidenta de Nicaragua Violeta Barrios de Chamorro recibió el último adiós en San José, la capital de Costa Rica, a donde llegó en 2023. Barrios de Chamorro, que...

My Mother Will Return to Her Homeland When Nicaragua Becomes a Republic Again

RICO’s Q — “My Mother Will Return to Her Homeland When Nicaragua Becomes a Republic Again,” were the words of Carlos Fernando Chamorro, son of former President of Nicaragua, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, who died last weekend in Costa Rica, at the...

Nicaragua to export live cattle to Mexico

In statements to the Informe Pastrán newsletter, the head of the Institute for Agricultural Protection and Health (IPSA) indicated that this agreement with the Mexican nation will be signed on June 22 and establishes a steady line of exports. He...

Costa Rica Bids Farewell to Former Nicaraguan President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro

Former Nicaraguan President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, who died Saturday at the age of 95, was honored Monday in a funeral mass held in Costa Rica. Her family vowed to return her remains to Nicaragua once it becomes a “republic” again. The urn...

Religious leaders released from Nicaraguan prison say their experience only strengthens their faith

Nicaragua and China Break Ground on Landmark Solar Project to Power Water Access and Energy Sovereignty

Nicaragua, with Chinese financing, launches its largest solar plant to date—powering water systems, cutting energy costs, and deepening South-South cooperation on infrastructure for social good. It will be the country’s largest green power plant,...