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Nicaragua takes CNN en Español signal off the air

The government of Nicaragua abruptly took CNN en Español off the air this week, shortly after 10 p.m. local time on Wednesday. It has not explained why it removed CNN’s Spanish-language service, and ...
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Director of Nicaragua’s Miss Universe franchise charged with plotting to overthrow the government

Nicaraguan police have charged the director of the local Miss Universe franchise with conspiracy, treason, money laundering and spreading fake news as part of a plot to overthrow the government, weeks ...
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Nicaragua expels two nuns in latest crackdown on Catholic church and opposition

Two nuns who worked at a nursing home in Nicaragua were expelled from the country this week, amid a far-reaching crackdown on opposition leaders, journalists and the Catholic church by the government ...
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Nicaragua grants political asylum to former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli

Nicaragua said Wednesday it had granted political asylum to former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli days after Panama’s top court rejected an appeal to annul his prison sentence in a money ...
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‘The [Ortega] regime is willing to kill’, says wife of detained Nicaraguan activist

She says she feels angry and desperate, but the way she speaks and what she says make it clear that she refuses to be afraid. Berta Valle is the wife of Félix Maradiaga Blandón, one of at least seven ...
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Iota reaches hurricane strength and is forecast to hit storm-ravaged Central America as a major storm

The storm known as Iota rapidly strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane Sunday evening and is expected to slam into storm-ravaged Central America in the coming days. Iota is forecast to make landfall ...
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Hurricane Eta is battering Nicaragua after making landfall

Hurricane Eta pummeled northeastern Nicaragua as it made landfall on Tuesday afternoon, bringing what could be days of cataclysmic flooding in parts of Central America, the US National Hurricane ...
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Nicaraguans vote in fraught presidential election

In a statement Sunday, President Biden blasted what he called “Nicaragua’s sham elections,” calling Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s reelection “a pantomime election that was neither free nor fair ...