America Nicaragua The government ordered the closure of another 1.500 NGOs, including religious and social organizations, marking the largest single-day shutdown since 2018 and bringing the total closures to over 5.200 since the 2018 protests
America Nicaragua Nicaraguan exiles are denouncing cross-border repression by the government of Daniel Ortega; organizations like Fundación Sin Límites are documenting cases of harassment, threats, statelessness, denial of documentation, and property confiscation
America Nicaragua Nicaragua has announced its withdrawal from the UN’s agency FAO and ordered its offices closed, accusing the agency of publishing “false information” in a report that ranked the country among those suffering the most hunger in Central America
America Nicaragua Over 30 Poor Clare nuns were recently expelled from their convents in Nicaragua; the regime is continuing a series of actions against religious organizations after revoking their legal status in 2023
America Nicaragua Nicaragua swore in 2.500 masked "volunteer police" under a controversial reform expanding government control, sparking criticism as exiled opposition calls them "paramilitaries" and decries the move as bolstering Ortega and Murillo's authoritarian regime