But in 1998, the U.S. government extended Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, to the people of Nicaragua. Garcia applied for it. Today, she’s a U.S. citizen, a full-time mother of four and a notary.

NICARAGUA: People’s Choice. 1 minute read. TIME. May 30, 1949 12:00 AM GMT-4. For two weeks Nicaragua’s foxy, folksy Dictator Anastasio (“Tacho”) Somoza toured his volcano-studded domain.

Nicaragua’s congress, dominated by Ortega’s Sandinista National Liberation Front, has shuttered more than 3,000 nongovernmental organizations, including Mother Teresa’s charity, creating a ...

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks next to first lady and Vice President Rosario Murillo during the inauguration ceremony for a highway overpass in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, March 21 ...

U.S.-Nicaragua links began unraveling more than a decade ago as it became clear that Ortega — a former rebel who fought another Nicaraguan dictator — wouldn’t leave the presidency.

A crackdown by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega takes a new turn as he strips political opponents of their citizenship. Since popular protests erupted in 2018, Ortega has consolidated his power.

Most famous people from Nicaragua. When compiling the list of the most famous people from Nicaragua, we gathered information from various sources such as IMDb, Baseball Reference, Britannica and ...

Now, for the first time in Nicaragua’s history, the small nation of 6.5 million is a major contributor to the mass of people trekking to the U.S. southern border, having been displaced by ...

Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega has committed crimes against humanity, according to a United Nations human rights group. A report claims that Ortega executed 40 people.

Sixty-four people remain arbitrarily detained in Nicaragua, according to local rights groups, and the government has recently stripped 317 critics of their nationality and confiscated their assets.

At least 229 people detained in Nicaragua for political reasons have suffered various forms of torture and other "crimes against humanity" at the hands of the government over the past seven years ...

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