Tag: Nicaragua

Nicaragua marks 1979 revolution date with opponents jailed

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The Nicaraguan government organized rallies and festivities Monday to mark the anniversary of the July 19, 1979, revolution that overthrew dictator...

US pulls visas of 100 Nicaraguan legislators, judges

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The U.S. State Department announced Monday it is revoking the travel visas of 100 legislators, judges and prosecutors who aided the...

Nicaragua arrests 6 more opposition figures; EU weighs move

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaraguan police arrested a half dozen more opposition figures, including the sixth presidential hopeful to have been arrested in a crackdown...

Loved and decried, El Salvador’s populist leader is defiant

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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — In the narrow, gang-controlled alleys of the Las Palmas neighborhood, struggling Salvadorans are untroubled by actions of their president...

Former CIA operative Enrique ‘Ric’ Prado writing memoir

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NEW YORK — A former CIA operative known for his exploits everywhere from Miami to Nicaragua to Afghanistan has a book deal. Enrique “Ric”...

Nicaragua’s police spread fear with arrests, raids

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — It was around 10:30 p.m. on a Sunday night when journalist Verónica Chávez heard a loud noise as she put her...

Nicaragua government arrests another prominent opponent

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has arrested another child of former leader Violeta Chamorro, the woman who once defeated...

Rights group calls for more pressure on Nicaragua government

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — An international human rights organization is calling for increased pressure on Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega as arrests of political opposition figures...

Ambassadors recalled after latest Nicaragua arrest

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Mexico and Argentina recalled their ambassadors to Nicaragua for consultations Monday, a day after President Daniel Ortega's government arrested yet another...

Nicaraguan government pursues NGO in widening crackdown

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaraguan authorities ordered the capture of a former education minister and a businessman Thursday as the government's crackdown continued to expand...