Nicaragua: What Total Control of Border Territories Means

The Ortega-Murillo dictatorship claims national security reasons View of a group of Nicaraguans in the Peñas Blancas border zone, Rivas. // Photo | Confidencial New law turns a 15-kilometer border strip into State property, generating uncertainty …

The Strength of Peace: Nicaragua Celebrates the 46th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution

[Source: Photo courtesy of Nan McCurdy] This year was different from celebrations since 2021 when there were, perhaps, 5,000 people invited—this year there were about 50,000! It took place in the Plaza de la Fe where the July 19th celebrations were held …

TPS for Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua Extended: The Ride Rolls On

In a major legal development, a federal judge in the Northern District of California has postponed the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for nationals of Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua. This decision, issued on July 31, 2025, blocks the …

Celebrating Nicaragua’s Gains and Feeling Anguish for Gaza

1999: Hurricane Mitch Aftermath The image is forever seared in my mind: Francisco was two years old, his thin legs and swollen feet were covered in sores. Straw blond hair stuck to his head as he listlessly nursed from his teenage mother’s breast. He …

Gioconda Belli Writes on Her Banishment from Nicaragua

The second time the author has found herself in exile The silhouette of a woman against a Nicaraguan flag. Photo: Inti Ocon/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By Gioconda Belli (The New York Times) HAVANA TIMES – I knew what exile felt like, but …

DHS ends Temporary Protected Status for thousands from Nicaragua and Honduras

Telica volcano (Nicaragua) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 30 July-5 August 2025 (Continuing ...

Sun, 3 Aug 2025, 23:00 Sun, 3 Aug 2025, 17:00 Wed, 30 Jul 2025, 14:00 The Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) reported that during 21-22 July diffuse ash plumes from Telica were identified in satellite images and/or webcam images drifting as …

Nicaragua: Medical Clinics Shut Down and Patients Evicted

Affects thousands of Amocsa members Photo of the Neonatology Unit at Amocsa. Photo taken from its website. Doctors received orders to immediately stop treating patients; who will care for the members who had contracts with Amocsa? By Ivan Olivares ( …

The Orteganization of America: A Real-Time Cautionary Tale of Stolen Democracy from Nicaragua

By Jared O. Bell       As you read the title, anyone with a sharp eye for spelling or a love of language is probably scratching their head and asking, “What the devil is ‘Orteganization’?” No need to Google it or dust off your old Webster’s, if you still …

A pastor is arrested in Nicaragua

A pastor is arrested in Nicaragua (SRN NEWS)-Clergymen have been criticizing President Daniel Ortega’s violent suppression of protests in the country and the government has responded by locking the clerics up.  The latest victim is Pastor Rudy Palacios …