World Mar 18 Vatican closes embassy in Nicaragua in response to crackdown on Catholic Church The Vatican said Saturday it had closed its embassy in Nicaragua after the country's government proposed suspending diplomatic relations, the latest episode in a yearslong crackdown on the Catholic Church by the administration of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
World Feb 09 Nicaragua frees 222 opponents of country’s leader Ortega, ‘deports’ them to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the prisoners had been jailed “for exercising their fundamental freedoms and have endured lengthy unjust detentions.”…
World Aug 19 Nicaraguan police detain Catholic bishop, other priests in raid Friday's pre-dawn raid came after Nicaraguan authorities accused Matagalpa Diocese Bishop Rolando Álvarez of allegedly "organizing violent groups" and inciting them "to carry out acts of hate against the population."…
World Nov 17 Hurricane Iota lands in Nicaragua, dealing 2nd blow in 2 weeks In a one-two punch, Hurricane Iota roared ashore as a dangerous Category 4 storm along almost exactly the same stretch of Nicaragua's Caribbean coast that was devastated by an equally powerful Hurricane Eta 13 days earlier.