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Nicaragua

Government Health International 

Nicaragua’s Ortega Does Virtually Nothing to Fight Virus

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
coronavirus, Latin America, Nicaragua

International health officials are warning that the Nicaraguan government’s perplexing weekslong refusal to take measures to control the spread of the new coronavirus is heightening the risk of an epidemic in Central America even as neighboring countries take tough action.

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Arts International Religion 

Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan Poet and Priest, Dies at 95

March 2, 2020March 2, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Catholic, Nicaragua, obituary, poetry

Ernesto Cardenal, the renowned poet and Roman Catholic cleric who became a symbol of revolutionary verse in Nicaragua and around Latin America, and whose suspension from the priesthood by St. John Paul II lasted for more than three decades, died Sunday. He was 95.

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Civil Rights Government 

Judge Blocks Trump From Killing Protections for 300,000 Immigrants

October 4, 2018October 4, 2018 HELEN CHRISTOPHI
Haiti, human rights, immigration, Nicaragua, Sudan

Citing racist comments from the president, a federal judge Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from canceling temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of Salvadorans, Nicaraguans, Haitians and Sudanese who face dangers in their home countries.

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Civil Rights Government International 

UN Human Rights Commission Puts Spotlight on Nicaragua

August 30, 2018August 30, 2018 AMANDA OTTAWAY
human rights, Latin America, Nicaragua, pension, protests, Social Security, United Nations

Calling attention to a human rights crisis in Nicaragua, the United Nations says that the government’s response to widespread April protests has been to carry out extrajudicial killings, torture and other abuses.

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Government International Politics 

US Raises Nicaragua Threat Level, Pulls Diplomats’ Families

April 23, 2018April 23, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Diplomacy, Embassies, Nicaragua, protests

The United States is shutting down routine operations at its embassy in Nicaragua and pulling out some if its employees amid a string of deadly protests.

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Courts International 

Nicaragua Fined by UN’s Top Court in Dispute With Costa Rica

February 2, 2018February 2, 2018 ADAM KLASFELD
Latin America, Nicaragua, United Nations, wetlands

The International Court of Justice fined Nicaragua more than $378,000 on Friday for its intrusion into Costa Rican territory involving ecologically sensitive, disputed wetlands.

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Government International Law National Politics 

US Sets End for Temporary Residency Program for Nicaraguans

November 7, 2017November 7, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
immigration, Nicaragua

A temporary residency permit program has aided 5,000 citizens from Nicaragua who have lived in the United States for almost two decades. Now the Trump administration is planning to end that program in January 2019.

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Environment Government International Politics 

Nicaragua Announces Intent to Join Paris Climate Agreement

September 21, 2017September 22, 2017 BRANDI BUCHMAN
Climate change, Nicaragua

Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega announced his nation’s intent to join the Paris Agreement on Thursday, leaving only two countries sitting out on the talks: the United States and Syria.

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Criminal International Law Sports 

Ex-Nicaraguan Soccer President Guilty in FIFA Scandal

December 8, 2016December 9, 2016 NICK MCCANN
bribery, FIFA, Nicaragua, Secondary, soccer

One of the seven former FIFA officials arrested in May 2015 on bribery charges has pleaded guilty for his role in the growing soccer racketeering scandal.

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