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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega poses for a photo during the ALBA Summit at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba, Dec. 14, 2021. (Adalberto Roque, Pool Photo via AP, File)

Nicaragua releases 135 political prisoners to Guatemala, White House says

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A poster featuring Bishop Rolando Alvarez and Pope Francis hangs inside the Cathedral in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Aug. 19, 2022. Nicaragua has released and sent 12 Roman Catholic priests jailed on a variety of charges to Rome following an agreement reached with the Vatican, the Nicaraguan government said in a statement late Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. Bishop Álvarez was not among the names of the priests released. (AP Photo/Inti Ocon, File)

House panel chairman demands release of imprisoned Nicaraguan Catholic bishop

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua, Nicaragua. Nicaragua’s government on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, declared the Jesuit religious order illegal and ordered the confiscation of all its property. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)

U.S. slams Daniel Ortega, wife as Nicaragua ditches hemisphere’s Organization of American States

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega's war against Catholicism illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Nicaragua’s cruel war against Catholicism

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua, Nicaragua. Nicaragua’s government on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, declared the Jesuit religious order illegal and ordered the confiscation of all its property. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)

Nicaraguan government bans Jesuit order, confiscates all property

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Demonstrators protest outside the Jesuit-run Universidad Centroamericana, UCA, demanding the university's allocation of its share of 6% of the national budget in Managua, Nicaragua, Aug. 2, 2018. The Jesuits announced Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, that Nicaragua's government has confiscated the UCA, one of the region's most highly regarded colleges. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)

Nicaraguan government seizes highly regarded university from Jesuits

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The Spanish word for "Murderer" covers a mural of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, as part of anti-government protests demanding his resignation in Managua, Nicaragua, on May 26, 2018. Colombia's government has called on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, for action from International Criminal Court on Nicaragua's recent violations by stripping from their nationality more the 300 Nicaraguans. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) ** FILE **

Nicaragua’s campaign against Catholic Church draws rebuke

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Police stand guard at a holding center known as "El Chipote," associated with torture during the Somoza dictatorship (1937-1979) and officially called the Judicial Assistance Directorate, as they face demonstrators, on the other side of the fence, protesting the arrests of anti-government protesters in Managua, Nicaragua, April 25, 2018. Some 222 inmates, considered by many to be political prisoners, were on a flight to Washington, D.C. on Feb. 9, 2023 after they were “unilaterally” released, according to a senior Biden administration official. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)

Nicaragua frees 222 opponents of Ortega, sends them to U.S.

By Gabriela Selser and Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

A motorcyclist rides past a mural of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, left, and revolutionary hero Cesar Augusto Sandino during general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. Ortega seeks a fourth consecutive term against a field of little-known candidates while those who could have given him a real challenge sit in jail. (AP Photo/Andres Nunes)

Nicaragua’s Ortega seeks reelection after jailing rivals

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In this file photo, President Ebrahim Raisi defends his proposed ministers in a session of parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. Iran's hard-liner dominated parliament Wednesday voted to approve most of the proposed ministers of the newly elected president. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) **FILE**

Iranian, Nicaraguan leaders pledge joint fight against U.S. sanctions

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks next to first lady and Vice President Rosario Murillo during the inauguration ceremony of a highway overpass in Managua, Nicaragua. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)

Nicaragua’s descent into dictatorship vexes Biden’s pro-democracy agenda

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks next to first lady and Vice President Rosario Murillo during the inauguration ceremony of a highway overpass in Managua, Nicaragua. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)

Ortega regime steps up crackdown of rivals ahead of Nicaragua vote

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2015 file photo, Nicaragua's Private Secretary Minister for National Policies Dr. Paul Oquist Kelley speaks during an interview as part of the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Paris. Oquist, a U.S.-born academic who became a close adviser to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and drew U.S. financial sanctions has died in the Central American nation of undisclosed causes, the president's office said on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

US-born aide to Ortega dies in Nicaragua

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FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua, Nicaragua. The Central American country has created a National Ministry for Extraterrestrial Space Affairs, The Moon and Other Celestial Bodies. The new agency was approved on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, by 76 legislators in the country's congress, which is dominated by President Daniel Ortega's Sandinista Party. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)

Nicaragua creates Ministry of Extraterrestrial Space Affairs

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FILE - In this May 26, 2018 file photo, the Spanish word for &quot;Murderer&quot; covers a mural of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, as part of anti-government protests demanding his resignation in Managua, Nicaragua. Nicaragua's ruling party-dominated Congress has passed a law Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, that would essentially ban opposition candidates from running in the 2021 presidential elections, giving President Daniel Ortega the power to unilaterally declare citizens &quot;terrorists&quot; or coup-mongers, classify them as &quot;traitors to the homeland&quot; and ban them from running as candidates. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

Nicaragua congress adopts life sentences; opposition opposes

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FILE - In this May 26, 2018 file photo, the Spanish word for &quot;Murderer&quot; covers a mural of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, as part of anti-government protests demanding his resignation in Managua, Nicaragua. Nicaragua's ruling party-dominated Congress has passed a law Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, that would essentially ban opposition candidates from running in the 2021 presidential elections, giving President Daniel Ortega the power to unilaterally declare citizens &quot;terrorists&quot; or coup-mongers, classify them as &quot;traitors to the homeland&quot; and ban them from running as candidates. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

Media, NGO offices taken over by government in Nicaragua

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FILE - In this March 21, 2019 file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks during the inauguration ceremony of a highway overpass in Managua, Nicaragua. The Central American nation's National Assembly approved a controversial law Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, that would give the government of President Ortega more power to monitor people, businesses and organizations that receive funding from overseas. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)

Nicaragua opposition ban draws international condemnation

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Nicaragua essentially bans opposition from 2021 elections

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Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a press conference at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Dec 8, 2020. Maduro has cemented formal control over all major institutions of power in Venezuela with authorities reporting Monday that his political alliance easily won a majority in congress with 31% of Venezuelans eligible voters voting Sunday. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Maduro, Diaz-Canel and Ortega watch Biden for U.S. change

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

Nicaragua opposition figure seeks rule changes for 2021 vote

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