Nicaragua News News Nicaragua » People: Indigenous people in northeast Nicaragua say armed settlers are pushing them off their land
MEXICO CITY — Indigenous communities in northeast Nicaragua are under growing pressure from armed assailants who use kidnappings and killings to push people off their land, according to community ...
News Nicaragua » People: 'My heart is with people of Nicaragua,' exiled bishop says
An auxiliary bishop who fled his native Nicaragua after facing down death threats for criticizing the country’s totalitarian government was at St. Brigid Church in Bushwick in early January, helping ...
News Nicaragua » People: Letter on Nicaragua to EU-CELAC summit participants
Note: Since its release on July 14, this letter has been updated to reflect additional signatories now totaling 178 people. The updated list of signatories is appended. Re. Addressing human rights ...
News Nicaragua » People: Faith, hope 'work miracles,' pope tells people of Nicaragua ahead of Immaculate Conception
In a moving letter, Pope Francis expressed his closeness with the people of Nicaragua as Central American bishops called for a day of prayer for the country on the feast of the Immaculate Conception ...
News Nicaragua » People: UN denounces new attacks on Indigenous people in Nicaragua’s largest reserve
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Groups believed to be connected to cattle ranching, logging and illegal mining launched several attacks in Indigenous communities living in the ...
News Nicaragua » People: People defend Nicaragua’s peace, says lawmaker
People defend Nicaragua’s peace, says lawmaker Managua, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) The President of Nicaragua's National Assembly (Parliament), Gustavo Porras, stated that the people are the country's ...
News Nicaragua » People: Nicaragua greets the people of the world for the new year
Managua, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) Nicaragua today conveyed a New Year's greeting to the people, governments, social, labor and cultural movements of the world and urged them to continue the fight ...
News Nicaragua » People: One year into Nicaragua crisis, more than 60,000 forced to flee their country
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 16 April 2019 A year into Nicaragua’s ...
News Nicaragua » People: NICARAGUA: People's Choice
For two weeks Nicaragua’s foxy, folksy Dictator Anastasio (“Tacho”) Somoza toured his volcano-studded domain. Ostensibly, he was inspecting his Atlantic Highway (not yet completed) and the villages ...
News Nicaragua » People: Bishop Expelled From Nicaragua Asks For Prayers For The People
Expelled last month by the Nicaraguan government of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, the bishop who serves as president of the Nicaraguan Bishops’ Conference thanked the Catholic ...
News Nicaragua » People: Indigenous people in northeast Nicaragua say armed settlers are pushing them off their land
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Indigenous communities in northeast Nicaragua are under growing pressure from armed assailants who use ...