His arrest has sparked an outcry from his family and action spearheaded by state Sen. Marcus Riccelli with help from a mix of ...

Alberto Lovo Rojas feared returning to Nicaragua with a target on his back. When his uncle was shot twice in the shoulder in the streets during a protest in 2019, they both knew they had to flee .

Since President Daniel Ortega’s government violently repressed a civil uprising in 2018, an estimated 850,000 Nicaraguans have fled the country.

Some readers say waving the flag of a foreign country to protest deportation defies common sense. Others defend the practice.

Nicaragua's 2025 constitutional reform establishes co-presidency, extends term limits, and redefines state powers under ...

They argue that the change is made “to fulfill the six-year term established” by the newly approved Nicaraguan Constitution.

Daniel Ortega, who is under Western sanctions for human rights abuses, had proposed the reform himself, which also lengthens the Central American country's presidential term from five to six years.

Methodically, they have begun packing their most cherished belongings into boxes and barrels and shipping them to relatives back in Nicaragua, ahead of their own anticipated deportations.

Constitutional reforms proposed by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega to further consolidate power by extending his control ...

The rainbow flag can no longer be displayed inside schools of the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, after trustees voted Tuesday to add further restrictions to a controversial policy.

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