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Nicaraguan national faces multiple charges after extradition from Spain
Sunshine Sentinel - Florida
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June 17, 2025
Hayden O’Byrne United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida | The Florida BarHayden O’Byrne United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida | The Florida Bar Ernesto Ortega Padgett, a Nicaraguan national previously...
Mission trip to Nicaragua becomes artform for GCU students
GCU Today
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June 23, 2025
Angelica Marmolejo and Victoria Farrell (back row) and Nicaraguan students display an art project after a lesson about Jesus washing His disciples' feet. (Photo by Angelica Marmolejo) Grand Canyon University pre-med major Angelica Marmolejo...
NoCiRbo9 Suspends Music-Recording Operations in Nicaragua
Havana Times
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June 24, 2025
Press Release HAVANA TIMES – NoCiRbo9, an underground metal music band from the Caribbean, confirms it is suspending all music-recording operations in Nicaragua and will update with new locations for available music recording studios as soon as...
Nicaragua Slashes Highway Speed Limit, Public Reacts with Mockery
Tico Times
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June 18, 2025
Nicaragua reduced the national highway speed limit from 100 km/h to 50 km/h, a measure widely mocked on social media as “ridiculous,” with users joking about going back to “ox carts.” The order was issued by the country’s co-presidents and...
Day of Prayer for Nicaraguan Church Comes Amid Continued Persecution
International Christian Concern
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June 23, 2025
6/23/2025 Nicaragua (International Christian Concern) — The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has designated Wednesday, June 25, as a special day of prayer for the church in Nicaragua. Since offering shelter to student...
Nicaraguans with ‘Parole’ Must Leave the United States “Now”
Havana Times
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June 18, 2025
The same goes for Cubans, Haitians and Venezuelans A plane takes off from Boston’s Logan Airport, Massachusetts, United States. // Photo: EFE/CJ Gunther/File US government orders migrants to leave the country “Now” unless they have asylum or other...
Nicaraguan national indicted for assaulting ICE officers at San Jose facility
Golden State Today - California
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June 17, 2025
Ismail J. Ramsey, U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of CaliforniaIsmail J. Ramsey, U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California A federal grand jury has indicted Francisco De-Jesus Morales on charges...
Nicaraguan national charged with assaulting ICE agents in San Jose
East Bay Times - California
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June 18, 2025
SAN JOSE – A 25-year-old Nicaraguan national is facing charges he assaulted three U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers last month in San Jose, federal prosecutors said. Francisco De-Jesus Morales was indicted by a grand...
Nicaragua and China break ground on landmark solar project to power water access and energy sovereignty
Friends of Socialist China
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June 17, 2025
The following report in Telesur notes that Nicaragua, in partnership with China, has inaugurated construction on the country’s largest solar plant to date, powering water systems, cutting energy costs, and deepening South-South cooperation on...
Nicaragua’s former President Violeta Chamorro dies at 95
The Gleaner
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June 17, 2025
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP): Violeta Chamorro, an unassuming homemaker who was thrust into politics by her husband’s assassination and stunned the world by ousting the ruling Sandinista party in presidential elections and ending Nicaragua’s civil...
Nicaragua ex-president Chamorro laid to rest in Costa Rica
Politiko
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June 17, 2025
Former Nicaraguan president Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to the Central American country after years of war, was laid to rest Monday in Costa Rica two days after her death at age 95. The first woman president of the Americas, who defeated...
Nicaraguan, Mexicans, Californians charged with assaulting ICE agents in California
Regional Media News - Iowa
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June 17, 2025
(The Center Square) – As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents continue to be assaulted when arresting foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally with lawful immigration orders, U.S. attorneys in California are prosecuting them. In northern...
Nicaragua’s Pioneer Stateswoman Who Beat Ortega and Sought Harmony
LatinAmerican Post
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June 16, 2025
When Violeta Barrios de Chamorro stunned the hemisphere in 1990 by unseating the Sandinista revolution, many Nicaraguans saw only a grieving widow in a white dress. They soon discovered a steely publisher determined to cut rifles in half and teach...
Oxford continuing to support Nicaraguan town after nearly 40 years
Oxford Mail
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Its aim is to support poor communities in and around Leon while giving Oxford people the chance to learn about life in the Latin American area of the world. Regular activities have been held to raise money – the latest, a sponsored swim, takes...
Faith leaders released from Nicaraguan prison say their experience only strengthens their beliefs
Rocky Mount Telegram - North Carolina
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God’s message didn’t immediately make sense to pastor José Luis Orozco. But when U.S. efforts resulted in his release from a Nicaraguan prison a few months later, everything became clear. “The Lord had told me: ‘Don’t be afraid, José Luis. A wind...
Luxury Ecotourism In Central America, The World’s Most Beautiful Restaurants And More Travel News
Forbes
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.Cayuga Collection Costa Rica pioneered sustainable travel several decades ago and now some of its Central America neighbors are gaining recognition as well. For those looking to explore ecotourism in the region, the Cayuga Collection (which got...
Trump Scored Big In Latest SCOTUS Term
The Daily Caller
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After facing repeated defeats in the lower courts, the Trump administration scored big in the Supreme Court’s 2024-2025 term. While the administration’s most significant victory was a decision in Trump v. CASA to rein in district court judges’ use...
Hurricane center: Tropical Depression 3 forms off Florida, Carolina coast on July 4
Naples Daily News - Florida
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2025 July Fourth holiday may be a wet one for some in Florida, according to National Hurricane Center. The next storm on 2025 Atlantic hurricane names list is Chantal. For America's birthday, a tropical system off the Southeast U.S. coast...
Nicaragua Pulls Out of UN Refugee Agency, Citing Bias
Tico Times
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June 14, 2025
Nicaragua announced that it is withdrawing from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), accusing the agency of making “biased” statements about Nicaraguans fleeing to other countries. The decision, outlined in a letter from...
Bermuda athletes leave for overseas meets
The Royal Gazette
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July 4, 2025
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...