Thousands march in Nicaragua demanding jailed protesters be freed
by Blanca Morel / Julia Rios Agence France-Presse MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Thousands of Nicaraguans marched through their capital on…
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Nicaragua government blames opposition for 197 protest deaths
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- The Nicaraguan government on Tuesday accused the opposition of "coup-driven terrorism" and blamed it for 197…
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Toll from Nicaragua unrest hits 264: rights body
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The known death toll from a four-month crackdown on anti-government protests in Nicaragua has…
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International rights experts begin probing Nicaraguan violence
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Investigators from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Tuesday began a probe into months of…
8 years ago
Rights groups sound alarm over rising Nicaraguan toll
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Nicaraguan human rights groups expressed renewed concern Tuesday over a rising death toll from months of…
8 years ago
Nicaraguan security forces move on opposition bastion
MASAYA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Nicaraguan police and pro-government paramilitaries moved to reassert control over the city of Masaya by force…
8 years ago
At school-turned-command post, Nicaraguan students defy Ortega’s ‘law of the jungle’
by Maggy Donaldson © Agence France-Presse MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- The day M.M. traded his books for mortars and joined the…
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Ortega stays mum as Nicaragua continues violent downward spiral
by Julia Rios and Maggy Donaldson Agence France-Presse MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Armed riot police and pro-government paramilitaries attacked barricades manned…
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Rights group says 121 dead in weeks of Nicaragua protests
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- At least 121 people have been killed in a wave of protests since April 18…
8 years ago
Pressure grows on Nicaragua’s Ortega as protest toll hits 27
by Marco SIBAJA Agence France Presse MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was under pressure from widespread street…
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Nicaragua scraps reform behind deadly protests that killed 24
by Blanca Morel and Julia Rios Agence France Presse MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega on Sunday agreed…
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Nicaragua signs Paris climate agreement
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AFP) -- Nicaragua signed the Paris climate agreement Monday, leaving the United States and Syria as the only two holdouts on…
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