Trump’s Success Rate In The Courts So Far: 30%

The Trump administration has lost approximately 60% of the court rulings against it since Inauguration Day and won 30%—while another 10% were mixed rulings both in favor and against the administration—based on a total of 182 rulings between Jan....

Guatemala Offers Asylum to Nicaraguan Migrants Deported by U.S.

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo announced on Friday that his country will grant asylum to Nicaraguan migrants deported by the United States who do not wish to return to their country due to the political situation. In an agreement signed...

Nicaragua’s total exports grow 11.57 percent

According to the Informe Pastran bulletin, which cites a report from the Ministry of Development, Industry, and Commerce, arranged by the General Directorate of Foreign Trade, the increase is driven by key sectors such as raw gold and green...

Bermuda athletes leave for overseas meets

Heading to Barbados: Denver Tucker, left, Suresh Black, Miles Outerbridge, Norre Robinson and Devon Bean at Miami International Airport on their way to the Barbados Grand Prix (Photograph supplied) Three separate groups of Bermudian athletes left...

Nicaragua Salutes Venezuela on 204th Anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo: A Shared Legacy of Sovereignty and Resistance

Solidarity and sovereignty: Nicaragua salutes Venezuela’s historic victory at Carabobo.Photo:EFE. June 24, 2025 Hour: 10:15 pm On the 204th anniversary of the Battle of Carabobo, Nicaragua honors Venezuela’s historic victory as a symbol of...

Political Persecution of Nicaraguans Crosses Borders

and is “recurring,” says UN Human Rights Office Exterior of the United Nations Human Rights Council. //Photo: EFE | Confidencial Entry bans and denial of consular services are part of the persecution targeting exiled Nicaraguans. By Confidencial...

Violeta Chamorro, Nicaragua’s president, 1929-2025

An artist in N.L. hopes his paintings of streets dogs in Nicaragua helps local ones at the SPCA

23 Servicemembers in Afghanistan Become U.S. Citizens

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 07.29.2005 Courtesy Story Twenty-three servicemembers serving in Afghanistan became U.S. citizens July 28 at a naturalization ceremony at the Enduring Freedom Chapel here. "I put my paperwork in about four months ago,...

Violence in Costa Rica and the Rush to Blame Nicaragua

by Kelly Nelson and Roger D. Harris / June 26th, 2025 Traditionally regarded as safe for visitors, Costa Rica has recently become Central America’s second most dangerous country, with 400 homicides recorded so far this year. The violence is...

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus M.Ryzhenkov meets with the Special Representative of the Co-Presidents and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua

26 June 2025 On June 26, 2025 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Maxim Ryzhenkov, met with the Special Representative of the Co-Presidents of Nicaragua for investment, trade and international cooperation, Laureano Facundo...

Nicaragua: Anti-Canal Leader Dies under Police Harassment

Octavio Ortega Arana was persecuted until his final day Octavio Ortega Arana, a leader of the anti-canal struggle, in a photo from January 2015. // Photo: Archive | CONFIDENCIAL The peasant leader led protests against the proposed expropriation of...

Nicaraguan Exiles Demand Protection After Costa Rica Assassination

More than 70 exiled Nicaraguans demanded international protection on Friday following the shooting death in Costa Rica of retired army officer Roberto Samcam, a prominent critic of the Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo government. Major Roberto...

Nicaragua’s critic shot dead in exile in Costa Rica

MORAVIA, Costa Rica—A retired Nicaraguan soldier who has fiercely criticized President Daniel Ortega from exile was shot dead Thursday (Friday in Manila) in neighboring Costa Rica, his family and officials said. Major Roberto Samcam, 66, was...

Backstage Pass: Street Dogs of Nicaragua

World News in Brief: Türk speaks on sexual violence, Brazil floods up to date, nicaragues of human rights violations

“We do not meet the minimum requirements to prevent women from being reduced to silence and to support their participation and their leadership in … the construction of peace”, Mr. Türk said. 25 years ago, the UN Security advice adopted a...

UK mobile network with 10 million customers brings back free roaming

A leading mobile network with 10 million customers is set to reintroduce free roaming for travellers this summer. UK holidaymakers heading to the European Union have been informed that Three Mobile will reinstate this significant benefit for them....

Nicaragua: exile is the only means of survival for independent journalism

The systematic and relentless persecution orchestrated by the Ortega-Murillo regime has led to the closure, confiscation, and expulsion of hundreds of independent media outlets and journalists from the country. For many, exile has become the only...

The "Leo XIV Effect" Being Felt in Nicaragua

Since the summer of 2024, the Nicaraguan government had suspended most priestly ordinations in the country, marking a new stage in tensions between the Catholic Church and President Daniel Ortega’s regime. Suffice it to say, the ceremony on June 7...

Costa Rica Hunts for Nicaraguan Hit Squad After Exile’s Assassination

Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) is investigating whether a hit squad tied to Nicaragua’s Ortega-Murillo regime is targeting exiled critics on its soil. The probe began after Roberto Samcam, a 66-year-old retired Nicaraguan army...