NICARAGUA

Exiled ex-candidate says Nicaragua is a ‘tropical North Korea’

By Gerard MARTINEZ MIAMI, Feb 8, 2024 (AFP) - A year ago, Felix Maradiaga, who was imprisoned while running for…

Plane held for days in France on trafficking concerns lands in India

MUMBAI, Dec 25, 2023 (AFP) - A plane that had been grounded in France for days over concerns its nearly…

Indians held in France over trafficking fears questioned

By Catherine DAUDENHAN, with Kenan AUGEARD in Lille VATRY, France, Dec 24, 2023 (AFP) - Four French judges on Sunday…

Unaccompanied minors on plane held in France over suspected trafficking

VATRY, France, Dec 23, 2023 (AFP) - Ten Indian passengers among more than 300, including unaccompanied minors, on a Nicaragua-bound…

Nicaragua bars pageant head after Ortega critic wins Miss Universe: media

SAN JOSÉ, Nov 26, 2023 (AFP) - Nicaraguan authorities have barred the director of the national beauty pageant from re-entering…

PHOTOS: Nicaraguan Sheynnis Palacios wins crown at Miss Universe 2023

SAN SALVADOR, Nov 19, 2023 (AFP) - Nicaragua's Sheynnis Palacios was crowned Miss Universe 2023 on Saturday at the 72nd…

No damage as magnitude 6.8 quake shakes Central America

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) -- A magnitude 6.8 earthquake off the coast of Central America shook El Salvador, Honduras…

Iran and Venezuela have ‘common enemies,’ Raisi says in Caracas

CARACAS, June 13, 2023 (AFP) -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi began a rare diplomatic tour of Latin America on Monday…

Nicaragua frees 222 dissidents in sudden shift, expels them to US

by Eva Rodriguez Lorenzo Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Over 200 detained members of Nicaragua's opposition were freed…

Nicaragua bishop who criticized govt charged with conspiracy

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- A Nicaraguan bishop who has been a sharp critic of the government of President Daniel Ortega…

‘Nicaragua will end up alone’ as migrants flee

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Jose Galeano is on the verge of embarking on the most important and frightening journey of…

Hurricane Julia slams Nicaragua, menaces Central America

BLUEFIELDS, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Hurricane Julia raked across Nicaragua Sunday, lashing the country with winds and heavy rain and bringing…

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