Nicaragua’s Ortega offers ‘Sandinista’ fighters to Maduro after ...
Aug 28, 2024 · Nicaragua’s strongman President Daniel Ortega has offered to send “Sandinista fighters” to Venezuela in support of his embattled fellow authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro, in case there is an...
UN details Nicaragua government's intensifying violent crackdown …
Sep 3, 2024 · A report from the United Nations released on Tuesday detailed alleged crimes committed by the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, including an intensifying crackdown on dissent...
UN experts accuse Nicaragua's government of ... - Associated Press News
Feb 29, 2024 · MEXICO CITY (AP) — A panel of U.N.-backed human rights experts on Thursday accused Nicaragua ’s government of systematic human rights abuses “tantamount to crimes against humanity,” implicating a range of high-ranking officials in the government of …
Nicaragua has committed executions, crimes against humanity, …
Mar 3, 2023 · Ortega, now aged 77, first came to power as a leader of the left-wing Sandinista guerrilla movement that toppled the Somoza dictatorship in a 1970s revolution. He was in and out of office...
Is Nicaragua's Ortega-Murillo Dictatorship Nearing Its End?
Aug 25, 2024 · Ortega and Murillo are getting old—they are 78 and 73, respectively—and the prospect of a democratic opening hangs over their hopes for smooth dynastic succession.
Nicaragua's Ortega secures fourth term, U.S. threatens sanctions
Nov 9, 2021 · SAN JOSE, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega clinched a fourth consecutive term, results showed on Monday, after jailing political rivals ahead of a vote that prompted threats...
Biden targets Nicaragua’s gold in new move against ... - NBC News
Oct 25, 2022 · The Biden administration is ratcheting up pressure on President Daniel Ortega’s authoritarian rule in Nicaragua, threatening a ban on Americans from doing business in the nation’s gold industry,...
Daniel Ortega has won the Nicaragua presidency in an election …
Nov 8, 2021 · Nicaragua's leader Daniel Ortega says he was overwhelmingly elected president for a fourth consecutive term Sunday. But critics, including leaders around the world, say the elections were a sham.
UN rights group says Nicaragua executed 40 people | AP News
Mar 3, 2023 · MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.N. human rights groups said Thursday the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega executed at least 40 people and ordered hospitals not to treat demonstrators wounded in antigovernment protests.
Daniel Ortega sworn in for 4th straight term as Nicaragua ... - NBC News
Jan 11, 2022 · Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega was sworn in for a fourth consecutive term on Monday following elections considered rigged and sanctions by the U.S. and others.