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Vatican Receives 400+ Page Report Detailing Christian Persecution in Nicaragua
Pope Leo XIV recently received a copy of the latest edition of “Nicaragua: A Persecuted Church,” an extensive report detailing thousands of acts of Christian persecution committed by the communist regime of dictatorial couple Daniel Ortega and...
The Irony Of Trump's New 'War On Drugs': Recalling The History Of CIA Narco Trafficking
The Hill has recently estimated that some 10,000 American troops are currently supporting the Trump-ordered counternarcotics operations in the Caribbean. At this point the military intervention has killed 27 people, including individuals who are...
A chilling new tactic in Nicaragua: Arrest, then silence
The police arrived at José Alejandro Hurtado’s house in Nicaragua’s capital one night in January, telling him he had to come to their station house because someone had rented a car using his ID, and the vehicle had been stolen. That’s the last...

Nicaragua’s national employment rate at 97.8 percent
According to a report by the National Institute for Development Information (INIDE), the open unemployment rate stood at 2.2 percent, a decrease of 0.8 percent compared to August 2024, and 0.2 percent compared to the previous month. The document...
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Preview: Nicaragua vs Haiti - prediction, team news, lineups
Sports Mole previews Thursday's World Cup Qualifying - North Central America clash between Nicaragua and Haiti, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. Group C action in World Cup 2026 CONCACF qualifying resumes on Thursday with...

Nicaragua receives record number of people deported from the United States
Q24N — Between January and August 2025, 30 flights carrying 3,482 deported Nicaraguan immigrants arrived in Nicaragua, according to the US Deportation Flight Report, prepared by Thomas Cartwright and published this September by Human Rights First....

Nicaragua’s investment climate is worsening, with increased scrutiny and risks of illegal activity for business owners.
Q24N — Once again, the United States Department of State warned of the dangers of investing in Nicaragua and advised that extreme caution and due diligence be exercised when doing so. As part of the growing deterioration of the investment climate,...

Cuba, Venezuela y Nicaragua no invitados
¿Quiénes no asistirán a la cumbre 2025? La República Dominicana, anunció que no invitará a los regímenes autoritarios, Cuba, Nicaragua y Venezuela, destacando su aislamiento en el hemisferio. Democracias rechazan gobiernos autoritarios vinculados...

Nicaragua launches national campaign against diabetes
Announced by Co-President Rosario Murillo in citizen-led media outlets, the initiative aims to examine 2.5 million children, adolescents, and young people up to 20 years of age. The strategy reportedly includes conducting screening tests in...

Ukraine cuts ties with Nicaragua over occupied territories recognition
Ukraine has severed diplomatic relations with Nicaragua after the Central American nation formally recognised Russian sovereignty over occupied Ukrainian territories, in Kyiv's harshest rebuke yet to the dwindling group of nations backing Moscow's...

The Seriousness of Unrestricted Warfare
As former Representative Mike Gallagher writes October 7th in the Wall Street Journal, America must better understand our enemies. The U.S. cannot bribe them to be our friends. North Korea will starve and imprison its people while spending...


With "Dilexi Te," Pope Leo Tips His Hand -- Toward Liberation Theology
Ever since Chicagos Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, I've held back from judging the direction of his papacy. When people asked what I thought, I'd say, I'm slow to comment. He hasn't yet tipped his hand. Now, with the publication of the...

Pope Leo XIV receives detailed report on attacks against the Catholic Church in Nicaragua
ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 4, 2025 / 09:00 am Pope Leo XIV this week received the report “Nicaragua: A Persecuted Church” by researcher Martha Patricia Molina, which details the prohibition of more than 16,500 processions and acts of piety as well as...

Ortega’s border business: $6,000 to be able to return to Nicaragua
José David hadn’t left Nicaragua for more than two years. In April, he decided to take advantage of Easter vacations to travel to Miami to visit his aunts and uncles and cousins. Delighted to be reunited as a family, they went to a theme park in...

UN experts demand Nicaragua clarify fate of over 120 forcibly disappeared since 2018
United Nations human rights experts called on Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government on Friday to clarify the fate and whereabouts of more than 120 individuals who appear to have been forcibly disappeared after the violent suppression of...

Pope Leo XIV receives documented report on religious persecution in Nicaragua
(ZENIT News / Vatican City, 10.03.2025).- The plight of Nicaragua’s embattled Catholic Church has reached the desk of Pope Leo XIV, thanks to the determined advocacy of Muriel Sáenz, a Nicaraguan migrant rights defender now based in the United...

UN urges Nicaragua to account for over 120 people forcibly disappeared
GENEVA: United Nations experts have urged Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government to clarify the fate and whereabouts of more than 120 people forcibly disappeared since 2018. The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances...

Report: Nicaragua Signs Massive $57 Million ‘Wind Farm’ Deal with Communist China
The communist Ortega regime in Nicaragua signed its fourth contract with the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), a major actor in China’s Belt and Road Initiative debt trap program and a state company sanctioned by the United States,...

Ukraine Breaks Off Diplomatic Relations with Nicaragua Over Support for Russian Occupation
Ukraine has officially cut diplomatic relations with the Republic of Nicaragua over the country’s recognition of Russia’s “sovereignty” over the temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories. This was announced by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of...