Jun 24 Watch 25:01 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 24, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, June 24, the Trump administration says it has a plan to reunite separated immigrant families, and violence in Nicaragua as citizens demand the president's resignation. Later, Tony Hawk reflects on a half-century of skateboarding. Hari… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 3:31 Violence interrupts peace talks in Nicaragua By PBS News Hour More than 180 people have died in violent clashes between citizens and pro-government forces over the last two months in Nicaragua. People are demanding the resignation of President Daniel Ortega, who has dominated Nicaraguan politics for nearly 40 years, and… Continue watching
Apr 24 White House condemns violence, repression in Nicaragua By Associated Press Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says in statement that the administration "joins the international community in calls for broad-based dialogue and support for the people of Nicaragua, who yearn for the political freedom of expression and true democratic reforms they so… Continue reading
Apr 22 Pope calls for peace amid Nicaragua protests By Associated Press Human rights advocates say that since April 18 at least 26 people have been killed in unrest over social security reforms planned by President Daniel Ortega's government. Dozens have been injured or arrested. Continue reading
Jan 08 U.S. to end protections for Salvadoran immigrants By Zeke Miller and Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The Trump administration faces a Monday deadline on whether to extend protections that would allow nearly 200,000 Salvadorans to stay in the U.S. legally. Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch 7:37 Mega canal project threatens to uproot Nicaragua’s farmers, imperil wetlands By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 23 Nicaragua begins construction on new 173-mile transoceanic canal By Shehryar Nabi Work begins today on the $50 billion Nicaragua Canal after the Nicaraguan government and the Chinese investment firm, HKND, held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday. The ceremony was held away from the construction in Managua, Nicaragua’s capital, amid protests against… Continue reading
Nov 15 One Mother’s Story of Teen Pregnancy in Nicaragua By Paul Solman MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Marling del Socorro Valverdi balances a restless baby on her hip as she tries to attach yards of red and green crepe paper to a drab newsprint pinata shell. In the Valverdi family, pinata sales equal dinner… Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch Nicaragua Combats Pneumonia in Country’s Young Via New Vaccine Each year, pneumonia kills more children around the world than malaria, measles and HIV combined. Ray Suarez reports from Nicaragua on efforts to combat the lung infection, which is the leading killer of children under the age of five. Continue watching
Nov 11 Slide Show: Children in Nicaragua Up Against Difficult Odds By Talea Miller Eight-month-old Kesler is one of those infectiously happy babies who giggles at everything, even when his mother is scolding him for being too loud. Kesler lives with his mother, Delma Marina Sala, in a one-room, tin-roofed home outside of Managua,… Continue reading