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Brooklyn Rivera, a renowned Indigenous leader from Nicaragua who spent years fighting for the rights of his community and was imprisoned by the government in September 2023, has died. The Nicaraguan ...
News Nicaragua » Managua: Prominent Nicaraguan Indigenous Leader Dies in Government Custody
Brooklyn Rivera, 73, one of the most prominent Miskito political leaders in recent history, was arrested by the government in 2023. His family and other groups dispute the circumstances surrounding ...
News Nicaragua » Managua: Nicaragua cuts diplomatic ties with Netherlands, bars US envoy
Nicaragua's foreign ministry says the decision was taken because the "interventionist and neo-colonial" European country had "offended and keeps offending Nicaraguan families".
News Nicaragua » Managua: Despite threats and government harassment, 11 Jesuits remain in Nicaragua
Those Jesuits who remain, he said, now face the “fundamental concern” of expulsion or detention if relations between the Society of Jesus and the government of former Sandinista comandante President ...
News Nicaragua » Managua: Former boxing champ, Managua mayor Arguello dead
MANAGUA, NicaraguaMANAGUA, Nicaragua — Alexis Arguello, who fought in one of boxing’s most classic brawls and reigned supreme at 130 pounds, was found dead at his home early Wednesday. Coroners were ...
News Nicaragua » Managua: Nicaragua cancels a controversial Chinese inter-oceanic canal concession after nearly a decade
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — After nearly a decade, Nicaragua’s congress finally canceled on Wednesday a controversial canal concession granted to a Chinese businessman that critics said endangered the ...
News Nicaragua » Managua: Hurricane Julia hits Nicaragua with high winds, torrential rains
Julia's arrival in Central America comes less than two weeks after deadly Hurricane Ian crashed into the US state of Florida / AFP Karya Naz Balkiz Hurricane Julia has hit Nicaragua's central ...