The Nicaraguan dictatorship led by Daniel Ortega has prohibited holding the Stations of the Cross in the streets the same week that the dictator accused the Church of being a “mafia.” Local media ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The streets of Nicaragua’s major cities were deserted Thursday as residents heeded an opposition alliance’s call for a one-day strike to demand that President Daniel Ortega step ...

Catholic parishioners in Nicaragua celebrated on Friday the Stations of the Cross in the gardens of the temples and not in the streets, amid tensions between the government of President Daniel Ortega ...

MEXICO CITY — The director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant, Karen Celebertti, on Monday announced her retirement from the organization, nine days after the Nicaraguan police accused her of “conspiracy” ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — A magnitude-6.6 earthquake shook Nicaragua on Friday afternoon, sending people running frightened into the streets less than 24 hours after a magnitude-6.1 quake rattled the ...

Despite being in one of the most dangerous regions in the world, Nicaragua remains relatively peaceful. Analysts credit its style of policing,... With A Soft Approach On Gangs, Nicaragua Eschews ...

MEXICO CITY — Extraordinary protests against the government of President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua extended into a third day Friday as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Managua, the ...

The last time rival political forces fought one another street by street for control of the Nicaraguan capital was three decades ago, in July 1979, at the culmination of the Sandinista insurrection ...

In most parts of the world, including the North Pole, Christmas comes but once a year. But in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua, the Christmas trees along the downtown streets are lit festively every ...