Feed MRSS-S daniel_ortega_a, english.elpais.com en-us https://english.elpais.com Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:54:19 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-04-29/nicaragua-the-land-of-poets-where-reading-its-writers-is-forbidden.html Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:54:19 GMT https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-04-29/nicaragua-the-land-of-poets-where-reading-its-writers-is-forbidden.html Wilfredo Miranda With books ‘seized’ by customs officials and festivals under lock and key, the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo is suppresing the last bastion of freedom left to Nicaraguans: culture With books ‘seized’ by customs officials and festivals under lock and key, the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo is suppresing the last bastion of freedom left to Nicaraguans: culture Nicaragua Rosario Murillo Daniel Ortega Sergio Ramírez América Borja B. Hojas (Getty Images) "The Critical Eye" Awards 2024 Gioconda Belli in Madrid, Spain, in May 2025. Gioconda Belli in Madrid, Spain, in May 2025. <p>On the morning of April 25, the Nicaraguan writer and poet Gioconda Belli received an alert from Managua: customs officials had banned the entry of her latest novel, <i>Un silencio lleno de murmullos</i> (A Silence Full of Murmurs), into the country from which she is in exile. The book joins other titles by Nicaraguan authors whose sales have recently been blocked <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-31/nicaragua-and-cuba-in-the-mirror-of-venezuela.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-31/nicaragua-and-cuba-in-the-mirror-of-venezuela.html">by the regime of Daniel Ortega and his wife and co-president, Rosario Murillo</a>. “The dictatorial power fears the truths that literature illuminates. That is why they expel us, exile us, and imprison us. This happens and has happened to writers throughout history,” Belli reacted. The censorship of her work is the latest chapter in a systematic offensive that has outlawed 81 cultural institutions in the country, confiscated festivals, and replaced independent creative work with an official offering controlled by the presidential family.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/culture/2026-04-29/nicaragua-the-land-of-poets-where-reading-its-writers-is-forbidden.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/MJILQAO7BVAODO4CAKFROJIZHI.jpg?auth=5fb0cd37dbf1f8e3233bccd14d2b1cc30d4bcaa4a789f82b84b97e1c69cb5eac" width="6000" height="4000" alt="Sergio Ramírez in Madrid, in January 2024."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-27/the-crime-against-nicaraguas-stateless-persons.html Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:21:19 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-27/the-crime-against-nicaraguas-stateless-persons.html Carlos F. Chamorro A condemnation of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship at the ICJ could be the first step towards convening an international alliance to support a democratic transition A condemnation of the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship at the ICJ could be the first step towards convening an international alliance to support a democratic transition Nicaragua Managua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo América Lynne Sladky (AP) Nicaragua’s stateless persons Political prisoners released from Nicaragua at a press conference in Miami on February 15, 2023. Political prisoners released from Nicaragua at a press conference in Miami on February 15, 2023. <p>On February 9, 2023, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-11/ortega-and-murillo-intensify-internet-censorship-the-last-bastion-of-freedom-of-expression-in-nicaragua.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-11/ortega-and-murillo-intensify-internet-censorship-the-last-bastion-of-freedom-of-expression-in-nicaragua.html">the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship</a> released 222 political prisoners who had been subjected to torture and solitary confinement for several years at El Chipote and La Modelo prisons in Nicaragua, and <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-02-23/seeking-homes-and-stability-exiled-nicaraguans-face-tenuous-futures-in-the-us.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-02-23/seeking-homes-and-stability-exiled-nicaraguans-face-tenuous-futures-in-the-us.html">sent them into exile in the United States</a>. Among them there were the seven opposition presidential candidates, imprisoned five months before the November 2021 elections, and dozens of activists and civic leaders who supported the April 2018 uprising and participated in the national dialogue with the government, which was crushed by state repression and the police state.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-27/the-crime-against-nicaraguas-stateless-persons.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-31/nicaragua-and-cuba-in-the-mirror-of-venezuela.html Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:05:11 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-31/nicaragua-and-cuba-in-the-mirror-of-venezuela.html Carlos F. Chamorro The alliance of 21st-century dictatorships is crumbling after the US removal of Nicolás Maduro, but a democratic transition is not in sight The alliance of 21st-century dictatorships is crumbling after the US removal of Nicolás Maduro, but a democratic transition is not in sight Cuba Venezuela Nicaragua John Bolton MAGA Nicolás Maduro Hugo Chávez Delcy Rodríguez Eritrea Myanmar Donald Trump Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo María Corina Machado Gladys Serrano (EL PAÍS) Streets of Old Havana, March 17. Streets of Old Havana, March 17. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/UEUHHLNAO5EZNOVWUN73L4HWPI.JPG?auth=7b67aaebf9556fe31c59296c865078e1683c00b464fb4a2525f791357371ab6f" width="5791" height="3861" alt="Streets of Old Havana, March 17."></img><p>The so-called “troika of tyranny” in Latin America — the dictatorships of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua — coined by <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-05-31/john-bolton-trumps-former-national-security-adviser-what-he-wants-is-the-nobel-peace-prize.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-05-31/john-bolton-trumps-former-national-security-adviser-what-he-wants-is-the-nobel-peace-prize.html">John Bolton</a>, national security advisor during Donald Trump’s first presidency, was actually always a misleading oversimplification.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-03-31/nicaragua-and-cuba-in-the-mirror-of-venezuela.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-12/nicaragua-closes-the-border-to-cubans-migrating-to-the-us.html Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:57:18 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-12/nicaragua-closes-the-border-to-cubans-migrating-to-the-us.html Wilfredo Miranda The Sandinista regime canceled visa-free access on the island's main exile route The Sandinista regime canceled visa-free access on the island's main exile route Nicaragua Cuba Donald Trump Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo Miguel Díaz-Canel Norlys Perez (REUTERS) Nicaragua scraps visa-free entry to Cubans Citizens wait outside the Nicaraguan embassy in Cuba, on February 9. Citizens wait outside the Nicaraguan embassy in Cuba, on February 9. <p>Amid U.S. pressure against Cuba and Nicaragua, the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo eliminated visa-free travel for Cuban citizens earlier this week. These citizens typically arrive in Managua or cross the southern border of Nicaragua on foot as part of their migration route to the United States. The decision, announced discreetly by the Nicaraguan Interior Ministry after the official statement was leaked to the media, comes as Cuba faces its <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-11/the-blow-to-tourism-puts-cubas-economy-on-the-brink-of-collapse.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-11/the-blow-to-tourism-puts-cubas-economy-on-the-brink-of-collapse.html">worst crisis in decades</a>, marked by the oil embargo imposed by the Republican administration.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-02-12/nicaragua-closes-the-border-to-cubans-migrating-to-the-us.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-31/from-the-panama-canal-standoff-to-honduras-trump-reasserts-washingtons-grip-on-central-america.html Sat, 31 Jan 2026 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-31/from-the-panama-canal-standoff-to-honduras-trump-reasserts-washingtons-grip-on-central-america.html Carlos Salinas Maldonado,Armando Quesada Webb Under the US president’s approach, the region is once again subject to a relationship shaped by coercion and strategic calculation Under the US president’s approach, the region is once again subject to a relationship shaped by coercion and strategic calculation Donald Trump Washington D.C. El Salvador Nayib Bukele Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo Honduras Nasry Asfura Panamá Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) 20-Year Drought Threatens Global Shipping Thoroughfare, The Panama Canal A container ship transits the Panama Canal on September 20, 2023. A container ship transits the Panama Canal on September 20, 2023. <p>When Donald Trump publicly questioned control over the Panama Canal, alarms went off across Central America. It was not just another bombastic statement in the Republican’s provocative style — it was the first visible sign of a policy that once again places the region under U.S. oversight. Trump revived old interventionist instincts by interfering in Honduras’s presidential election and threatening to cut aid to Central American governments as leverage to force them into <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-27/trumps-migrant-deportations-to-central-america-run-into-legal-hurdles.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-27/trumps-migrant-deportations-to-central-america-run-into-legal-hurdles.html">agreements aimed at curbing migration</a>. Once again, the isthmus appears on Washington’s radar — not as a strategic partner, but as a backyard to be controlled.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-01-31/from-the-panama-canal-standoff-to-honduras-trump-reasserts-washingtons-grip-on-central-america.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/P4Q5B4Y5JBB2VC7BSZUYCLXDLE.jpg?auth=9e2a43a8a59040cd44b3c9f3937a34c3478bea5903107245e0f5e9c86b455e35" width="5727" height="3818" alt="Polling station in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on November 30, 2025."></img> https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-01-05/venezuela-is-foreshadowing-the-new-world-order-that-trump-wants-to-impose.html Mon, 05 Jan 2026 09:57:41 GMT https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-01-05/venezuela-is-foreshadowing-the-new-world-order-that-trump-wants-to-impose.html Macarena Vidal Liy The military operation against Maduro is the most representative example of the foreign policy that the US president intends to extend The military operation against Maduro is the most representative example of the foreign policy that the US president intends to extend Venezuela Caracas Donald Trump Nicolás Maduro Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Cuba Molly Riley (AP) Trump US Venezuela Donald Trump and his team following the military operation that captured Maduro on January 3. Donald Trump and his team following the military operation that captured Maduro on January 3. <p>Donald Trump based his presidential campaign on the promise of non-intervention in foreign wars, of not sending U.S. forces back into protracted conflicts like those in Iraq or Afghanistan, and of not getting involved in reconstruction efforts in those countries. Since taking office, he has bombed Houthi positions in Yemen and ISIS positions in Syria, and has attacked Iran and Nigerian territory. But his intervention in Venezuela without congressional authorization, in the style of the coups that Washington perpetrated for decades in Latin America, is—because of its ambition, its scope, and its disregard for international rules—the most representative of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2026-01-04/venezuela-and-the-return-of-imperialism.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2026-01-04/venezuela-and-the-return-of-imperialism.html">the new world order</a> the Republican president wants to impose.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-01-05/venezuela-is-foreshadowing-the-new-world-order-that-trump-wants-to-impose.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-20/mass-releases-of-common-prisoners-daniel-ortegas-strategy-that-impacts-nicaraguas-security.html Thu, 20 Nov 2025 10:27:41 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-20/mass-releases-of-common-prisoners-daniel-ortegas-strategy-that-impacts-nicaraguas-security.html Wilfredo Miranda The co-presidential regime has released more than 53,000 prisoners under the guise of ‘family coexistence.’ Analysts warn that this trend strengthens its political control The co-presidential regime has released more than 53,000 prisoners under the guise of ‘family coexistence.’ Analysts warn that this trend strengthens its political control Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo Consejo de Comunicación y Ciudadanía del Gobierno de Nicaragua Daniel Ortega’s prisoners Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, in 2024. Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, in 2024. <p>Three months and eleven days after being pardoned by the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-08/revolutionary-surveillance-90-of-nicaraguans-feel-spied-upon.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-08/revolutionary-surveillance-90-of-nicaraguans-feel-spied-upon.html">regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo</a>, José Francisco Salgado arrived at the home of his 81-year-old aunt, María Torrez Salgado, to murder her. It was Saturday, January 27, 2024, at 6 a.m., when the convict, who had benefited from the “family coexistence” program, strangled the victim until she lost consciousness. To commit the crime, he tied a rope around her neck and tightened it completely. He then fled, stealing a television and a cell phone.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-20/mass-releases-of-common-prisoners-daniel-ortegas-strategy-that-impacts-nicaraguas-security.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-12/nicaraguas-ortega-and-murillo-release-and-parade-political-prisoners-in-whitewashing-operation-for-us.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:05:36 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-12/nicaraguas-ortega-and-murillo-release-and-parade-political-prisoners-in-whitewashing-operation-for-us.html Wilfredo Miranda The Sandinista regime is using this tactic to avoid getting expelled from the CAFTA free trade agreement or the introduction of 100% tariffs The Sandinista regime is using this tactic to avoid getting expelled from the CAFTA free trade agreement or the introduction of 100% tariffs Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo Managua CANAL 13 NICARAGUA Nicaragua’s Ortega and Murillo Journalist Fabiola Tercero Castro (right) with her mother Rosalina Castro García, this Tuesday in Managua. Journalist Fabiola Tercero Castro (right) with her mother Rosalina Castro García, this Tuesday in Managua. <p>Nicaragua’s co-presidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, resorted on Tuesday to an old whitewashing tactic: releasing and parading political prisoners who had been forcibly disappeared. The move comes on the eve of a crucial decision for the Sandinista regime: the Trump administration will have to determine whether to expel the country from the Dominican Republic–Central America–United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) or impose 100% tariffs, due to <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-11/ortega-and-murillo-intensify-internet-censorship-the-last-bastion-of-freedom-of-expression-in-nicaragua.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-11/ortega-and-murillo-intensify-internet-censorship-the-last-bastion-of-freedom-of-expression-in-nicaragua.html">systematic human rights violations</a> that are “a burden on U.S. trade”—according to an investigation by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-12/nicaraguas-ortega-and-murillo-release-and-parade-political-prisoners-in-whitewashing-operation-for-us.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-11/ortega-and-murillo-intensify-internet-censorship-the-last-bastion-of-freedom-of-expression-in-nicaragua.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:48:44 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-11/ortega-and-murillo-intensify-internet-censorship-the-last-bastion-of-freedom-of-expression-in-nicaragua.html Wilfredo Miranda The co-presidential regime takes another step towards total control of information with a telecommunications law that subjects the network to state espionage and turns the regulatory body into a surveillance arm The co-presidential regime takes another step towards total control of information with a telecommunications law that subjects the network to state espionage and turns the regulatory body into a surveillance arm Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo Internet UN Meta Consejo de Comunicación y Ciudadanía del Gobierno de Nicaragua Ortega and Murillo Nicaragua Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo at the 2024 National Holidays Parade. Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo at the 2024 National Holidays Parade. <p>Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have extended the censorship imposed by their <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-11-26/nicaraguas-ortega-and-murillo-consolidate-their-power-over-the-army-and-the-police.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-11-26/nicaraguas-ortega-and-murillo-consolidate-their-power-over-the-army-and-the-police.html">co-presidential regime</a> to the internet. This effectively closes off the last remaining bastion of freedom of expression and of the press in Nicaragua for dissenting voices. With the enactment of the new General Law of Convergent Telecommunications, the two-headed administration is not only imposing a technical change in how networks, antennas, and the internet are organized in the Central American country, but is also consolidating a system of total censorship in the last remaining space for expressing dissent.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-11-11/ortega-and-murillo-intensify-internet-censorship-the-last-bastion-of-freedom-of-expression-in-nicaragua.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-04/ortegas-border-business-6000-to-be-able-to-return-to-nicaragua.html Sat, 04 Oct 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-04/ortegas-border-business-6000-to-be-able-to-return-to-nicaragua.html Wilfredo Miranda Nicaraguans have denounced extortion upon returning to their country, while UN documents denials of re-entry due to alleged ties to the opposition Nicaraguans have denounced extortion upon returning to their country, while UN documents denials of re-entry due to alleged ties to the opposition Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo Fernando Llano (AP) Nicaraguan migrants at the International Bridge in May 2022. Nicaraguan migrants at the International Bridge in May 2022. <p>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 Orlando, shopped, and ate a lot. But the good times ended when, the night before he was to board his flight back to Managua, the airline sent him an email in which it notified him that <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-04/we-live-with-the-same-fear-as-we-did-in-nicaragua-migrants-caught-between-trumps-deportations-and-the-ortega-regime.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-04/we-live-with-the-same-fear-as-we-did-in-nicaragua-migrants-caught-between-trumps-deportations-and-the-ortega-regime.html">immigration authorities had denied his re-entry</a> into the country. His worst fears had become reality.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-10-04/ortegas-border-business-6000-to-be-able-to-return-to-nicaragua.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-16/ortega-and-murillos-latest-strike-nicaraguan-regime-dissolves-professional-baseball-league.html Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:44:13 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-16/ortega-and-murillos-latest-strike-nicaraguan-regime-dissolves-professional-baseball-league.html Wilfredo Miranda The presidential couple completes their coup against the historic Sandinista leader Bayardo Arce, godfather of baseball in the country, who was arrested in July The presidential couple completes their coup against the historic Sandinista leader Bayardo Arce, godfather of baseball in the country, who was arrested in July Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo Baseball Dusty Baker San Francisco Giants MLB Presidencia de Nicaragua (EL PAÍS) Professional Baseball League Nicaragua Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, on May 1. Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, on May 1. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/6XSA7EUFJVCLTFZFUYDV3KNV4Q.jpeg?auth=02b5343bae9c7bae34165ad79d107031caa85eb2761e5914304b08dc3a440670" width="825" height="662" alt="Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, on May 1."></img><p>In Nicaragua, there is one indisputable truth: baseball is the “king of sports.” And another, until recently, was that Bayardo Arce — Sandinista commander and former presidential advisor on economic affairs — was one of its main promoters. For years, he managed Indios del Bóer, the most popular and well-resourced team, and was one of the strongmen of the Professional Baseball League. But last July, he “fell from grace”: the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo arrested him amid the internal purge with which the co-president is paving the way for a <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-04-20/nicaraguas-political-dynasty-heirs-in-a-golden-cage.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2021-04-20/nicaraguas-political-dynasty-heirs-in-a-golden-cage.html">dynastic succession</a>.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-16/ortega-and-murillos-latest-strike-nicaraguan-regime-dissolves-professional-baseball-league.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-08/revolutionary-surveillance-90-of-nicaraguans-feel-spied-upon.html Mon, 08 Sep 2025 12:50:49 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-08/revolutionary-surveillance-90-of-nicaraguans-feel-spied-upon.html Wilfredo Miranda The Sandinista regime resorts to police, paramilitaries and neighborhood committees to quell dissent. A survey reveals the extent of social control The Sandinista regime resorts to police, paramilitaries and neighborhood committees to quell dissent. A survey reveals the extent of social control Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo Managua Jorge Torres (EFE) Los periodistas nicaragüenses están renunciando a ejercer la profesión, según ONG National police push a cameraman during a protest in Managua in 2019. National police push a cameraman during a protest in Managua in 2019. <p>Nine out of 10 Nicaraguans questioned by the organization Hagamos Democracia say that <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-21/ortega-orders-increased-revolutionary-surveillance-to-capture-and-prosecute-traitors-in-nicaragua.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-21/ortega-orders-increased-revolutionary-surveillance-to-capture-and-prosecute-traitors-in-nicaragua.html">they feel watched</a> by the Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo regime, through a network of police, paramilitaries and political structures that act in coordination with Army Intelligence and the Ministry of the Interior.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-08/revolutionary-surveillance-90-of-nicaraguans-feel-spied-upon.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-02/deadly-detentions-in-nicaragua-another-opponent-dies-in-custody-of-ortega-murillo-regime.html Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:29:37 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-02/deadly-detentions-in-nicaragua-another-opponent-dies-in-custody-of-ortega-murillo-regime.html Wilfredo Miranda Attorney Carlos Cárdenas Zepeda, an advisor to the Episcopal Conference, died after 12 days of enforced disappearance. His case joins that of opposition leader Mauricio Alonso Petri Attorney Carlos Cárdenas Zepeda, an advisor to the Episcopal Conference, died after 12 days of enforced disappearance. His case joins that of opposition leader Mauricio Alonso Petri Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo Managua Humberto Ortega Saavedra Bienvenido Velasco ARCHIVO ((EPA) EFE) Deadly detentions in Nicaragua Relatives of political prisoners launch an SOS for dissidents killed in government custody in Nicaragua. Relatives of political prisoners launch an SOS for dissidents killed in government custody in Nicaragua. <p>Carlos Cárdenas Zepeda was arrested for the second time on August 19, 2025, at his home in Managua. Police officers from the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-07/in-nicaragua-ortega-and-murillo-now-have-their-legion-of-76800-paramilitaries.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-07/in-nicaragua-ortega-and-murillo-now-have-their-legion-of-76800-paramilitaries.html">regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo</a> detained him on both occasions for political reasons, specifically for being the legal advisor to the Nicaraguan Episcopal Conference, a collegiate body made up of several Catholic bishops hated by the co-presidential couple. His family did not know where he had been taken, and they were in a state of anxiety for 12 days, until Saturday, August 30, when they received a fateful call: officials from the Sandinista administration summoned them to identify his body.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-09-02/deadly-detentions-in-nicaragua-another-opponent-dies-in-custody-of-ortega-murillo-regime.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-11/rosario-murillos-purge-terrifies-the-sandinista-old-guard.html Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:47:34 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-11/rosario-murillos-purge-terrifies-the-sandinista-old-guard.html Wilfredo Miranda After the downfall of Bayardo Arce Castaño, other historic revolutionaries who oppose the co-president ‘sleep in different properties every day’ for fear of being arrested After the downfall of Bayardo Arce Castaño, other historic revolutionaries who oppose the co-president ‘sleep in different properties every day’ for fear of being arrested Nicaragua Rosario Murillo Daniel Ortega Managua Dora María Téllez Jorge Torres (EFE) Rosario Murillo, in a file photo. Rosario Murillo, in a file photo. <p>The purge of Bayardo Arce Castaño, one of the nine commanders of the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-01-31/humberto-ortega-and-the-political-chess-match-in-nicaragua.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-01-31/humberto-ortega-and-the-political-chess-match-in-nicaragua.html">Sandinista revolution</a> and a figure historically close to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, has sown terror among the old guard of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), still loyal to the leader but long at odds with the all-powerful <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-11-26/nicaraguas-ortega-and-murillo-consolidate-their-power-over-the-army-and-the-police.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-11-26/nicaraguas-ortega-and-murillo-consolidate-their-power-over-the-army-and-the-police.html">co-president, Rosario Murillo</a>. A presidential economic advisor, Arce was arrested on the night of July 26 by a contingent of special operations police who raided his home and office in Managua. He was kept under de facto house arrest for a few days, but was transferred to a detention center after the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) issued a statement summoning him to appear before an investigation into “transactions outside the government.”</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-11/rosario-murillos-purge-terrifies-the-sandinista-old-guard.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/2FDW343OBFEJFJY3CIKYOLCSQY.jpg?auth=07e48d8fbecfaf1845c86c17d746901fc2acf400f41e4ca08e311f4103f1d174" width="3001" height="1984" alt="Members of the leadership of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, November 2, 1984."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-04/we-live-with-the-same-fear-as-we-did-in-nicaragua-migrants-caught-between-trumps-deportations-and-the-ortega-regime.html Mon, 04 Aug 2025 12:14:52 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-04/we-live-with-the-same-fear-as-we-did-in-nicaragua-migrants-caught-between-trumps-deportations-and-the-ortega-regime.html Wilfredo Miranda Nearly 96,000 Nicaraguans who arrived in the US under humanitarian parole, along with another 4,000 protected by TPS, live in a legal limbo Nearly 96,000 Nicaraguans who arrived in the US under humanitarian parole, along with another 4,000 protected by TPS, live in a legal limbo Donald Trump Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo ICE Fernando Llano (AP) migrantes nicaragua A U.S. Border Patrol agent guides a Nicaraguan migrant family seeking asylum in September 2019. A U.S. Border Patrol agent guides a Nicaraguan migrant family seeking asylum in September 2019. <p>Every morning, when Fernando leaves his house for his job as a cook at a Bayside restaurant <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-07-23/miamis-freedom-tower-turns-100-while-more-cubans-are-being-deported-than-ever-before.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-07-23/miamis-freedom-tower-turns-100-while-more-cubans-are-being-deported-than-ever-before.html">in downtown Miami,</a> he checks several times to see if his printed asylum application papers are in his backpack. Faced with increasingly frequent raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, deployed as part of President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant crusade, these documents are his only shield to claim legal status in the United States. Since May 2025, Fernando and his partner have fallen into a legal limbo: the work permit granted to them by humanitarian parole has expired, as did parole itself for this Nicaraguan couple.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-08-04/we-live-with-the-same-fear-as-we-did-in-nicaragua-migrants-caught-between-trumps-deportations-and-the-ortega-regime.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-21/ortega-orders-increased-revolutionary-surveillance-to-capture-and-prosecute-traitors-in-nicaragua.html Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:22:17 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-21/ortega-orders-increased-revolutionary-surveillance-to-capture-and-prosecute-traitors-in-nicaragua.html Wilfredo Miranda The leader praised China and Russia on the 46th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution, in a ceremony that lacked any high-profile international guests The leader praised China and Russia on the 46th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution, in a ceremony that lacked any high-profile international guests Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo Managua Cuba Venezuela China Simón Bolívar FSLN Presidencia de Nicaragua (EL PAÍS) Ortega Nicaragua Nicaraguan government workers during the May 1st celebration in Managua. Nicaraguan government workers during the May 1st celebration in Managua. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/3BLBHDWUOZGIJBUBN4PV4XAMFI.jpeg?auth=eac75c30f9af9e52e1e31a69ca01f1835820dbacf98bbfecfa6ed05d2ea78a21" width="1600" height="1200" alt="Nicaraguan government workers during the May 1st celebration in Managua."></img><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-31/nicaraguan-journalism-urgently-seeks-allies-to-continue-challenging-the-dictatorship.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-31/nicaraguan-journalism-urgently-seeks-allies-to-continue-challenging-the-dictatorship.html">Nicaragua leaders Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo</a> presided over the 46th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution on July 19, in Managua’s Plaza de la Fe square, in one of the most foreign-inspired celebrations in living memory. In the absence of any prominent international guests, including the notable absence of the heads of state of Cuba and Venezuela, the Sandinista leader devoted much of his speech to praising China and Russia, while advocating for the dissolution of the United Nations and virulently attacking Europe. In his 81-minute address, Ortega ordered the redoubling of “revolutionary vigilance” to “capture and prosecute traitors” in the Central American country.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-21/ortega-orders-increased-revolutionary-surveillance-to-capture-and-prosecute-traitors-in-nicaragua.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-06-08/invasion-of-the-indio-maiz-biological-reserve-nicaraguan-settlers-besiege-costa-rica.html Sun, 08 Jun 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-06-08/invasion-of-the-indio-maiz-biological-reserve-nicaraguan-settlers-besiege-costa-rica.html Wilfredo Miranda Mining, ranching and logging by squatters — who are acting in collusion with the Ortega government in Managua — are expanding to the Costa Rican side of this nature reserve, which is key to maintaining the biological connectivity of the Americas Mining, ranching and logging by squatters — who are acting in collusion with the Ortega government in Managua — are expanding to the Costa Rican side of this nature reserve, which is key to maintaining the biological connectivity of the Americas Costa Rica Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo América The River Foundation COSTA RICA - COLONOS - RESERVA INDIO MAÍZ Aerial view of the community of La Venada, part of the municipality of El Castillo, within the Indio Maíz Biological Reserve in Nicaragua, on the banks of the San Juan River. Aerial view of the community of La Venada, part of the municipality of El Castillo, within the Indio Maíz Biological Reserve in Nicaragua, on the banks of the San Juan River. <p>On the Costa Rican banks of the San Juan River, José María Flores Arróliga’s boat anchors next to a makeshift dock made of planks. The current is constant, yet gentle. And the boat — designed to withstand the open sea — barely rocks as José unloads enormous, oval watermelons that look more like missile heads than fruits. He has an infectious smile as he works. </p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-06-08/invasion-of-the-indio-maiz-biological-reserve-nicaraguan-settlers-besiege-costa-rica.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/ODVYK66QBRFVXMGDSUWMQEUEJY.jpg?auth=0f220549da65d519ac9b15aec567e8df344c4e4d7aa731381b2543058202a1cb" width="4746" height="3164" alt="Stables at the mouth of San Carlos, Costa Rica, on the banks of the San Juan River."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/MW5WKVYXGBBUDPWTWZIU2367XQ.jpg?auth=592892710d6246761d14c3b6ff822d958cfdd44f12a4b5a61881e041fcb3e6a5" width="5040" height="3360" alt="A hillside that’s been deforested by settlers on the reserve."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/J5IIU7BVNNENJBKEW4WVSTFE4M.jpg?auth=226a4d68d80c436b809f5faefd177f8ea0b7a3d77a8b3de24eebe66908e631c7" width="5040" height="3360" alt="A volunteer observes the deforested areas."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/ZV4DEFGCP5DGTFIECO25Q2ZAW4.jpg?auth=ffbf2ad5532b0d4092f8a9a9d4b2436eebd00014aaa8dc398a89139e238ab42e" width="4000" height="2250" alt="Panoramic view of the invaded areas in the reserve."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/5XAFWBI7ABBRZFMI6SQIV3WMVA.jpg?auth=bc5dbb686c4d2e89f8aa111005dd1489b9cdd38bd024634442fdcdb5aa3dd58c" width="5040" height="3360" alt="Areas that have been deforested to make room for cattle ranching on the banks of the San Juan River."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/7HMT2HTIFNESXKWA2IOBHRJGQI.jpg?auth=c547d642f3edd71f05feba769ecb4197bbc971a61e30dc0e4307d38d549c3f51" width="5040" height="3360" alt="Landscape of the Indio Maíz Reserve, Nicaragua."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-16/judges-in-nicaragua-now-answer-to-police-under-ortega-and-murillos-rule.html Fri, 16 May 2025 11:23:42 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-16/judges-in-nicaragua-now-answer-to-police-under-ortega-and-murillos-rule.html Wilfredo Miranda A circular requires courts to seek authorization to carry out seizures, property occupations, or evictions, effectively subordinating the judicial system to the regime A circular requires courts to seek authorization to carry out seizures, property occupations, or evictions, effectively subordinating the judicial system to the regime Nicaragua Rosario Murillo Daniel Ortega Oswaldo Rivas (REUTERS) FILE PHOTO: Nicaragua's President Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo greet supporters during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the taking of the national palace by Sandinistas guerrilla in Managua Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo at an event in Managua, Nicaragua, in 2018. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo at an event in Managua, Nicaragua, in 2018. <p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-11-26/nicaraguas-ortega-and-murillo-consolidate-their-power-over-the-army-and-the-police.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-11-26/nicaraguas-ortega-and-murillo-consolidate-their-power-over-the-army-and-the-police.html">Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo</a> have dealt a final blow to what remained of judicial independence in Nicaragua: the presidential couple has stripped judges of their authority and subordinated them to the National Police — headed by their son-in-law, General Commissioner Francisco Díaz — when it comes to the seizure and confiscation of assets and property.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-16/judges-in-nicaragua-now-answer-to-police-under-ortega-and-murillos-rule.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-15/bukele-blames-ngos-for-protest-outside-his-residence-and-promotes-foreign-agents-law-to-suffocate-them.html Thu, 15 May 2025 09:55:34 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-15/bukele-blames-ngos-for-protest-outside-his-residence-and-promotes-foreign-agents-law-to-suffocate-them.html Bryan Avelar The Salvadoran military repressed some 300 farming families during the mobilization, an unprecedented event since the end of the civil war The Salvadoran military repressed some 300 farming families during the mobilization, an unprecedented event since the end of the civil war Nayib Bukele El Salvador Nicaragua Managua Daniel Ortega Gladys Serrano (EL PAÍS) El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in a file photo. El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in a file photo. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/4IWQXZUBXND7XDSZNKWMSWAQN4.JPG?auth=164f518612b2a69659415c45bb6ee2461352461ddfe6f772b4634bd549667efa" width="4676" height="2630" alt="El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in a file photo."></img><p>Salvadoran President <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-02/el-salvador-has-become-the-cuba-of-the-right.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-02/el-salvador-has-become-the-cuba-of-the-right.html">Nayib Bukele</a> launched a crackdown on human rights organizations on Tuesday, ordering that 30% of their income be withheld. Bukele’s decision, similar to that adopted by his Nicaraguan counterpart, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-02/ortega-breaks-silence-on-trump-after-washington-calls-the-nicaraguan-regime-an-adversary.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-02/ortega-breaks-silence-on-trump-after-washington-calls-the-nicaraguan-regime-an-adversary.html">Daniel Ortega</a>, in 2020 to stifle NGOs, came the day after military police for the first time repressed a protest outside his residence. The violent intervention by uniformed officers set a historic precedent in El Salvador since the signing of the peace accords in 1992 to end the country’s civil war.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-15/bukele-blames-ngos-for-protest-outside-his-residence-and-promotes-foreign-agents-law-to-suffocate-them.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-02/ortega-breaks-silence-on-trump-after-washington-calls-the-nicaraguan-regime-an-adversary.html Fri, 02 May 2025 13:34:44 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-02/ortega-breaks-silence-on-trump-after-washington-calls-the-nicaraguan-regime-an-adversary.html Wilfredo Miranda The Nicaraguan leader reacted to a US State Department report by sharply criticizing Washington’s immigration policies, calling them ‘horrendous crimes’ The Nicaraguan leader reacted to a US State Department report by sharply criticizing Washington’s immigration policies, calling them ‘horrendous crimes’ Donald Trump Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo El Salvador Nayib Bukele Presidencia de Nicaragua (EL PAÍS) NICARAGUA-1 DE MAYO-2025 Nicaraguan government workers during the May 1 celebration in Managua. Nicaraguan government workers during the May 1 celebration in Managua. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/3BLBHDWUOZGIJBUBN4PV4XAMFI.jpeg?auth=eac75c30f9af9e52e1e31a69ca01f1835820dbacf98bbfecfa6ed05d2ea78a21" width="1600" height="1200" alt="Nicaraguan government workers during the May 1 celebration in Managua."></img><p>After more than 100 days of caution and silence on Donald Trump, <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-07/in-nicaragua-ortega-and-murillo-now-have-their-legion-of-76800-paramilitaries.html" target="_self" rel="" title="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-07/in-nicaragua-ortega-and-murillo-now-have-their-legion-of-76800-paramilitaries.html">Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega</a> finally broke his silence. On the eve of May 1, during an International Workers’ Day rally in a public square, the Sandinista leader launched into a tirade against the Republican president.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-02/ortega-breaks-silence-on-trump-after-washington-calls-the-nicaraguan-regime-an-adversary.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/6XSA7EUFJVCLTFZFUYDV3KNV4Q.jpeg?auth=02b5343bae9c7bae34165ad79d107031caa85eb2761e5914304b08dc3a440670" width="825" height="662" alt="Rosario Murillo and Daniel Ortega, during the celebration for May 1, in Managua, Nicaragua."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-31/nicaraguan-journalism-urgently-seeks-allies-to-continue-challenging-the-dictatorship.html Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:30:10 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-31/nicaraguan-journalism-urgently-seeks-allies-to-continue-challenging-the-dictatorship.html Néstor Arce,Carlos Herrera,Wilfredo Miranda In the absence of effective institutions and checks and balances, journalists in Nicaragua have become a crucial pillar of support for institutions, the opposition, and civil organizations devastated by the repression of Ortega and Murillo In the absence of effective institutions and checks and balances, journalists in Nicaragua have become a crucial pillar of support for institutions, the opposition, and civil organizations devastated by the repression of Ortega and Murillo Nicaragua Rosario Murillo Donald Trump USAID Daniel Ortega Esteban Felix (AP) Nicaraguan journalism (urgently) seeks allies to continue challenging the dictatorship Tens of thousands of people at an anti-government march in Managua, Nicaragua, in May 2018. Tens of thousands of people at an anti-government march in Managua, Nicaragua, in May 2018. <p>We have never had to juggle so many challenges to continue our reporting as we have in the past three months, ever since the Trump administration cut the U.S. cooperation funds that were vital for sustaining <i>Divergentes</i>. This is an independent media outlet from Nicaragua, based in exile due to the systematic repression of the <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-01-17/nicaraguas-ortega-and-murillo-institutionalize-paramilitary-groups-behind-the-deaths-of-over-350-people.html" target="_blank">dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo</a>.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-31/nicaraguan-journalism-urgently-seeks-allies-to-continue-challenging-the-dictatorship.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-29/no-freedom-of-movement-supervised-sermons-and-no-prayers-for-nicaragua-how-the-ortega-murillo-regime-controls-its-priests.html Sat, 29 Mar 2025 04:00:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-29/no-freedom-of-movement-supervised-sermons-and-no-prayers-for-nicaragua-how-the-ortega-murillo-regime-controls-its-priests.html Wilfredo Miranda A report by the religious organization CSW reveals that the Sandinista government has deployed undercover police at masses A report by the religious organization CSW reveals that the Sandinista government has deployed undercover police at masses Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo Managua UN Stringer ((EPA) EFE) No photos, moderating sermons, and no prayers for Nicaragua: How the Ortega regime controls its priests Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in Managua, Nicaragua, March 2024. Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in Managua, Nicaragua, March 2024. <p>During Lent and on the eve of Holy Week, one of Catholicism’s highest celebrations, Father Fabricio feels “emasculated.” He has received direct warnings from <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-11-26/nicaraguas-ortega-and-murillo-consolidate-their-power-over-the-army-and-the-police.html">Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo’s police forces</a>, which he “knows,” he tells EL PAÍS, he cannot ignore; doing so would mean jail or exile: “They told me not to hold processions of the Stations of the Cross on Fridays, to moderate what I say from the pulpit, and not to go around praying for the good of the country, because the country is doing very well with the <i>comandante</i> and his <i>compañera</i>,” says the parish priest, who requests anonymity and to conceal the location in Nicaragua where he provides his pastoral services for fear of reprisals.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-29/no-freedom-of-movement-supervised-sermons-and-no-prayers-for-nicaragua-how-the-ortega-murillo-regime-controls-its-priests.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-07/in-nicaragua-ortega-and-murillo-now-have-their-legion-of-76800-paramilitaries.html Fri, 07 Mar 2025 15:18:39 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-07/in-nicaragua-ortega-and-murillo-now-have-their-legion-of-76800-paramilitaries.html Wilfredo Miranda The ‘co-presidential’ couple has sworn in an army made up mostly of civil servants, who appear in public while wearing balaclavas. ‘I was forced to and I felt moral shame,’ one of them says The ‘co-presidential’ couple has sworn in an army made up mostly of civil servants, who appear in public while wearing balaclavas. ‘I was forced to and I felt moral shame,’ one of them says Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo Managua Presidencia Nicaragua (EL PAÍS) In Nicaragua, Ortega and Murillo now have their legion of 76,800 paramilitaries Nicaraguan government workers, pictured during the ceremony in Managua. Nicaraguan government workers, pictured during the ceremony in Managua. <img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/NVZMJ57U6FHXHCOL7WX5PJ2WQI.jpg?auth=632efc6a790cd48736741c34918d2fd773bd17dfb88f7f05b240d511b8ae2f4a" width="825" height="487" alt="Nicaraguan government workers, pictured during the ceremony in Managua."></img><p>Lorenzo closed his eyes when first lady and “co-president” <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-11/us-trade-office-launches-probe-into-abuses-by-daniel-ortega-and-rosario-murillo-regime-in-nicaragua.html">Rosario Murillo</a> stood on the central platform of Plaza la Fe, in Managua, on the banks of Lake Xolotlán. She swore him in, along with 30,000 other people, as a “hero of peace” and “volunteer policeman.”</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-07/in-nicaragua-ortega-and-murillo-now-have-their-legion-of-76800-paramilitaries.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/OA6LUUBS6FA6TDEPB536S5O62A.jpg?auth=9cd8c866db74b19b69c08bde81ee7ce8f6c98369fe5e970b2f7f306c253a314e" width="825" height="475" alt="Nicaraguan government employees are sworn in as paramilitaries in Managua."></img><img src="https://images.english.elpais.com/resizer/v2/HMAWPRJUFND65CJM4JFAZW22EA.jpg?auth=c6279580aed81a32ad83d3f36fac77e86dd6b035c1919cca154bfd32a525c6b5" width="825" height="463" alt="Nicaraguan government workers, pictured during the ceremony in Managua."></img> https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-02-27/un-presents-evidence-implicating-nicaraguan-army-in-crimes-against-humanity.html Thu, 27 Feb 2025 17:14:20 GMT https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-02-27/un-presents-evidence-implicating-nicaraguan-army-in-crimes-against-humanity.html Wilfredo Miranda The United Nations group of experts investigating the responsibilities of the Ortega and Murillo regime point to the military, which has always denied its participation in political repression The United Nations group of experts investigating the responsibilities of the Ortega and Murillo regime point to the military, which has always denied its participation in political repression Nicaragua Daniel Ortega Rosario Murillo UN Esteban Felix UN presents evidence implicating Nicaraguan army in crimes against humanity Police suppress a protest in Nicaragua, September 2019. Police suppress a protest in Nicaragua, September 2019. <p>The United Nations Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua (GHREN) has dismantled one of the Nicaraguan army’s key arguments, specifically the pretext with which it had avoided, as an institution, sanctions from the international community: that they did not participate in the repression of <a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-04-18/a-tropicalized-taliban-regime-and-a-family-succession-plan-underway-ortega-and-murillo-radicalize-repression-in-nicaragua.html">social protests against the regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo</a> in 2018. For the first time, the UN experts assure that they have “credible information” about the collusion of the military high command in the violent offensive, in which over 350 people were killed and — until now — only Sandinista police and paramilitaries are generally implicated.</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-02-27/un-presents-evidence-implicating-nicaraguan-army-in-crimes-against-humanity.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p> https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-02-22/king-trump.html Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:35:00 GMT https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-02-22/king-trump.html Fernando Francia The question is no longer whether Trump can amend the Constitution to stay in power, but whether American democracy is strong enough to withstand the challenges of a leader with a base willing to question its limits The question is no longer whether Trump can amend the Constitution to stay in power, but whether American democracy is strong enough to withstand the challenges of a leader with a base willing to question its limits América Donald Trump Nayib Bukele Nicolás Maduro Daniel Ortega Venezuela Nicaragua El Salvador Rodrigo Chaves Costa Rica Nathan Howard (REUTERS) Trump Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, on February 13. Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, on February 13. <p>Donald Trump’s <a href="https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-02-20/trump-shakes-up-the-united-states-in-a-vertiginous-first-month-in-office.html">resounding return to the White House a month ago</a> marked a milestone in contemporary U.S. history, but it also opened up a conundrum: how solid are the institutional boundaries in the world’s most influential democracy?</p><p><a href="https://english.elpais.com/opinion/2025-02-22/king-trump.html" target="_blank">Seguir leyendo</a></p>