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Indigenous people in northeast Nicaragua say armed settlers are pushing them off their land
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIndigenous communities in northeast Nicaragua are under growing pressure from armed assailants who use kidnappings and killings to push people off their land, according to community leaders, ...
Nicaragua arrests 24 after attack in indigenous land dispute
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNicaraguan authorities said Friday they arrested 24 settlers after they allegedly attacked an indigenous community as part of a land dispute. It was the first large-scale arrest of non-indigenous ...
5 dead, 3 wounded in attack on Nicaraguan indigenous group
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLocal authorities said Monday that at least five members of a Nicaraguan indigenous group were killed and three others wounded in an attack by suspected settlers over the weekend. Amaru Ruiz ...
UN condemns killings of two more Indigenous residents on Nicaragua's Atlantic coast
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe U.N. human rights office said Friday it condemned the killing of two more Indigenous residents on Nicaragua’s Atlantic coast. The office called on the Nicaraguan government to investigate ...