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Fresh Nicaragua crackdown hints at behind-the-scenes power grab
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Fresh Nicaragua crackdown hints at behind-the-scenes power grab

  • Henry MORALES, with AFP bureaus in Central America AFP
  • Updated 53 mins ago

A wave of arrests and the death of jailed opposition figures has signalled a new "era of repression" in Nicaragua, observers say, as powerful co-president Rosario Murillo prepares to take power from her ailing husband, Daniel Ortega.

Critic of Nicaragua's Ortega shot dead in exile in Costa Rica
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Critic of Nicaragua's Ortega shot dead in exile in Costa Rica

  • Inti OCON
  • Jun 19, 2025

Retired Nicaraguan major Roberto Samcam was shot dead in exile in Costa Rica

Critic of Nicaragua's Ortega shot dead in exile in Costa Rica
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Critic of Nicaragua's Ortega shot dead in exile in Costa Rica

  • AFP AFP
  • Jun 19, 2025

A retired Nicaraguan army officer in exile who fiercely criticized authoritarian President Daniel Ortega was shot dead Thursday in neighboring…

Accused of repression, Nicaragua's Ortega swears in hooded 'volunteer' force
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Accused of repression, Nicaragua's Ortega swears in hooded 'volunteer' force

  • Jairo CAJINA
  • Feb 27, 2025

A group of UN human rights experts has said the 'volunteer' force was recruited from the ranks of ex-combatants, retired soldiers and police, …

Accused of repression, Nicaragua's Ortega swears in hooded 'volunteer' force
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Accused of repression, Nicaragua's Ortega swears in hooded 'volunteer' force

  • Jairo Cajina
  • Feb 27, 2025

Daniel Ortega (C) first served as president of Nicaragua from 1985 to 1990 and returned to power in 2007

Accused of repression, Nicaragua's Ortega swears in hooded 'volunteer' force
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Accused of repression, Nicaragua's Ortega swears in hooded 'volunteer' force

  • AFP
  • Feb 27, 2025

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, under sanctions for human rights abuses, has sworn in 30,000 hooded civilians as a "volunteer police" forc…

Rubio accuses Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela over migration crisis
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Rubio accuses Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela over migration crisis

  • Mark Schiefelbein
  • Feb 4, 2025

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio waves as he boards a plane bound to Guatemala at Juan Santamaria International Airport near San Jose, Costa …

Rubio accuses Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela over migration crisis
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Rubio accuses Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela over migration crisis

  • AFP
  • Feb 4, 2025

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday lashed out at authoritarian left-wing regimes in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, accusing them of …

Nicaragua legislature cements 'absolute power' of president, wife
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Nicaragua legislature cements 'absolute power' of president, wife

  • Maynor Valenzuela
  • Jan 30, 2025

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has engaged in increasingly authoritarian practices with the aid of his powerful wife Rosario Murillo

Nicaragua legislature cements 'absolute power' of president, wife
National News

Nicaragua legislature cements 'absolute power' of president, wife

  • AFP
  • Jan 30, 2025

Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega and his wife were granted control of all state powers Thursday under a constitutional amendment ratified by…

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