America Nicaragua As a response to the country’s authoritarian measures, President Joe Biden has banned US companies from doing business in the Nicaraguan gold industry and has also issued sanctions against the Nicaragua gold ministry and its gold sector
America Nicaragua The US has just added the country to the blacklist on international religious freedom, opening the path to potential additional sanctions against the state
America Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega has shut down an additional 100 NGOs, bringing the total amount of banned organisations to over 3.000
America Nicaragua As municipal elections have come to an end, the Sandinistas - President Daniel Ortega’s political party - have won control of all the country’s 153 municipalities
America Nicaragua After an electoral campaign without rallies or opposition, municipal elections have officially opened; the governing party is allegedly hoping to gain control of local governments, the voting being reportedly preceded by arrests and crackdown on opponents