NPR's Eyder Peralta recently visited Nicaragua for the first time in a decade, gaining rare access to a nation that is hostile to journalists and... I returned to Nicaragua, where I was born, and ...

On June 21, Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo announced that the Nicaraguan government had established diplomatic relations with the People of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, more commonly ...

I was 13 years old the day I got braces on my teeth and the United States bombed Baghdad, launching the “first” Iraq war. “Today, Wednesday the 16th of January 1991, we had just gotten out of the ...

JONESBORO -- It's been 18 months since Norchad Omier left Bluefields, Nicaragua. Naturally, the 19-year-old misses home. Family, friends and the seafood of the Caribbean coast feel distant. In ...

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said that the Central American nation's "unreasonable" labor and human rights policies are actionable under a section of the 1974 Trade Act.

Nicaragua has made an impressive economic turnaround over the past 20 years, after suffering from decades of macroeconomic instability. This publication reviews Nicaragua and IDA's joint efforts to ...

Rosario Murillo, wife of dictator Daniel Ortega and vice president of Nicaragua, announced that seven priests left the Central American country and have arrived “safely” at the Vatican. Without ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - In a one-two punch, Hurricane Iota roared ashore along almost exactly the same stretch of Nicaragua's Caribbean coast recently devastated by an equally powerful hurricane and ...

In a recent report by Global Witness, Latin America was again identified as one of the most dangerous regions for those protecting forests, halting mining projects, opposing big dams, and taking other ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — On Father’s Day last year, Octavio Enríquez shared pizza and soda with his two children. Then he told them he was leaving. A Nicaraguan journalist known for rigorous ...

Voters in Nicaragua head to the polls on Sunday to pick a new president. The country's leader, Daniel Ortega, is on the ballot for a fourth consecutive term, and many are calling the election a sham.

A motorcyclist rides past a mural of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, left, and revolutionary hero César Augusto Sandino during general elections in Managua, Nov. 7, 2021. Ortega won a fourth ...