The riot squads and the hooded “voluntary police” are the shock forces of the regime to squash any internal dissent.

Nicaragua announced last week it is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a U.N. report that slammed the government’s human rights violations and warned the country was ...

Nicaragua has withdrawn from the United Nations Human Rights Council following a damning report by U N experts accusing ...

Rosario Murillo has sworn in 30,000 hooded “volunteers” in Managua, which experts affirm will comprise her own repressive ...

Nicaragua announced on Thursday it would withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a UN report that ...

Sample fresh brews, try your hand at picking beans and roam the cloud forests and volcanic peaks of northern Nicaragua’s ...

Nicaragua announced on Thursday it would withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a UN report that urged the international community to address human rights violations by ...

Nicaragua has jailed hundreds of opponents, real and perceived, since then. Ortega's government has shut down more than 5,000 NGOs since the 2018 mass protests. Thousands of Nicaraguans have fled ...

I wish to address a matter that strikes at the very foundation of our Republic. America is more than just a place – it is a set of ideas and values passed down from generation to generation.

In a report in Geneva Wednesday, a group of UN human rights experts said Ortega's leftist government had recruited ex-combatants, retired soldiers and police, judges and public employees for a ...

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, under sanctions for human rights abuses, has sworn in 30,000 hooded civilians as a "volunteer police" force the opposition fears will be used as a tool of ...