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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega goes after the Catholic Church in his latest effort to stop...
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoNicaragua's President Daniel Ortega has cracked down on Catholic leaders and the church to thwart...
Nicaraguan police detain bishop, other priests in raid
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNicaraguan police on Friday raided the residence of a Roman Catholic bishop critical of President...
Nicaragua's vote to strip opponents of citizenship
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLast week Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega packed off 222 political leaders, priests, students, activists and other dissidents to the United States,...
Nicaragua closes Vatican embassy in Managua, Nicaraguan embassy to Vatican - source
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoVATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has ordered the closure of the Vatican...
Colombia slams Nicaragua's Ortega over expulsion of critics
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoColombia's leftist government on Thursday blasted Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's expulsion of...
Ortega regime is snuffing out what little remains of Nicaragua’s democracy | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 6 months agoI arrived at Dulles Airport on Feb. 9, along with 221 others aboard a “freedom flight” chartered by...
Nicaraguan bishop, alleging police harassment, goes on hunger strike
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMANAGUA (Reuters) -A Nicaraguan bishop critical of President Daniel Ortega's government began a...
Nicaraguan bishop who refused exile gets 26 years in prison
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRoman Catholic Bishop Rolando Álvarez, an outspoken critic of Nicaragua’s government, was sentenced...
Nicaraguan Catholic bishop sentenced to decades in prison, citizenship stripped
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMANAGUA (Reuters) -A Nicaraguan court sentenced Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez to more than 26...
Nicaragua released imprisoned priests, but repression is unlikely to relent – and the Catholic...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWhen President Daniel Ortega returned to power in 2006, church figures supported him. Violent...