Daniel Ortega
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during the launch of National Land Use, Land Cover, and Ecosystems Monitoring System (SIMOCUTE), Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in San Jose, Costa Rica. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)
US urging Central America to tackle poverty, corruption

By Ben Fox Jun. 02, 2021 10:06 AM EDT

A nurse talks to a woman that is about to get inoculated with the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Berta Calderon hospital in Managua, Nicaragua, Thursday, April 8, 2021. Nicaragua has started the second phase of its vaccination program with 60-year-old persons now being inoculated. (AP Photo/Gabriela Selser)
Nicaragua slowly begins vaccinations for people over 60

Apr. 08, 2021 05:17 PM EDT

Nicaragua's Indigenous tell OAS of killings, land takeovers

Mar. 18, 2021 09:06 PM EDT
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua’s Indigenous groups complained Thursday to the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights about land takeovers and killings...

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua, Nicaragua. The Central American country has created a National Ministry for Extraterrestrial Space Affairs, The Moon and Other Celestial Bodies. The new agency was approved on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, by 76 legislators in the country's congress, which is dominated by President Daniel Ortega's Sandinista Party. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)
Nicaragua creates Ministry of Extraterrestrial Space Affairs

Feb. 18, 2021 04:40 PM EST

Airport employees unload the first shipment of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine after it arrived at the international airport in El Alto, Bolivia, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Nicaragua approves Russian COVID-19 vaccine

Feb. 03, 2021 12:34 PM EST

Paramedics Carolina Estrada, left, disinfects her partner Elvin Munguia after mobilizing a COVID-19 patient from his home to a hospital in the Iztapalapa district of Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
The Latest: Mexico sees near-record daily coronavirus deaths

By The Associated Press Feb. 03, 2021 02:21 AM EST

FILE - In this June 1, 2018 file photo, a masked protestor holds up a Nicaraguan flag above the Spanish graffiti phrase: "The state did it," during a protest against the government of President Daniel Ortega on National Children's Day in Managua, Nicaragua. Nineteen Nicaraguans who say they suffered torture and sexual abuse at the hands of their country's security forces during anti-government protests from April to August 2018 testified in San Jose, Costa Rica to a panel of legal and psychological experts the week of Sept. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)
Nicaraguans testify of abuses in crackdown on protests

Sep. 11, 2020 12:02 PM EDT

People attend a religious service at the Oasis of Peace evangelical church in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020. Evangelical churches have kept spreading the Gospel despite government measures meant to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)
Latin America's evangelical churches hard hit by pandemic

Aug. 26, 2020 01:14 PM EDT

A nurse takes a sample from an army officer for a COVID-19 test at a Public Health Ministry post where drivers wait their turn in a line of cars in Asuncion, Paraguay, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
The Latest: China's community virus cases hit single digits

By The Associated Press Aug. 11, 2020 06:47 AM EDT

Vatican calls for arson investigation at Nicaragua cathedral

Aug. 03, 2020 04:21 PM EDT
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — An arson attack on Managua’s cathedral has drawn the attention of Pope Francis and the Vatican after Nicaragua’s vice president...

46 Nicaraguans stranded in Guatemala continue journey

Jul. 18, 2020 04:34 PM EDT
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Nearly four dozen Nicaraguans stranded in Guatemala by pandemic travel restrictions for about four months said Saturday that they finally...

Workers ready a new monument, called the Peace Bell, before its inauguration ceremony later in the day in Managua, Nicaragua, Friday, July 17, 2020. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government is being deterred by the new coronavirus from holding the usual mass celebration to mark the victory of the country's revolution July 19, and will instead unveil a new addition to its collection of monuments. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)
Amid virus, Nicaragua forgoes celebration, unveils monument

Jul. 17, 2020 01:27 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 11, 2020 file photo, a medical worker wears a mask and face shield at the entrance of the SERMESA hospital in Managua, Nicaragua. While the Pan-American Health Organization urges Nicaragua to take more aggressive measures against the coronavirus pandemic and neighboring countries warily eye its outbreak, President Daniel Ortega’s increasingly authoritarian government seems more focused on hiding the virus than treating it. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)
During pandemic, Nicaraguan doctors face political pressure

Jul. 06, 2020 10:52 AM EDT

Norman Cardoze Sr., left, and his son Norman Cardoze Jr. pose for a photo from the balcony of their home where they are in quarantine after catching the new coronavirus in Managua, Nicaragua, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. During a May 16 game, manager Norman Cardoze Sr. and coach Carlos Aranda felt sick. Cardoze’s son Norman Jr., the team’s star slugger, was so weak and achy he didn’t play. Within two days all three men were hospitalized, where the Cardozes spent a week and Aranda died. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)
Nicaraguan baseball manager fired after speaking about virus

Jun. 09, 2020 06:39 PM EDT

Norman Cardoze Sr., left, and his son Norman Cardoze Jr. pose for a photo from the balcony of their home where they are in quarantine after catching the new coronavirus in Managua, Nicaragua, Wednesday, May 27, 2020. During a May 16 game, manager Norman Cardoze Sr. and coach Carlos Aranda felt sick. Cardoze’s son Norman Jr., the team’s star slugger, was so weak and achy he didn’t play. Within two days all three men were hospitalized, where the Cardozes spent a week and Aranda died. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)
A death in Nicaraguan baseball puts pandemic in public eye

Associated Press Jun. 05, 2020 11:21 AM EDT

A woman wears a mask against the spread of COVID-19 disease, as she attends a funeral at the Central cemetery of Managua, Nicaragua, Monday, May 11, 2020. President Daniel Ortega's government has stood out for its refusal to impose measures to halt the new coronavirus for more than two months since the disease was first diagnosed in Nicaragua. Now, doctors and family members of apparent victims say, the government has gone from denying the disease's presence in the country to actively trying to conceal its spread. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)
Nicaragua medical associations call for voluntary quarantine

By Gabriela Selser Jun. 01, 2020 02:18 PM EDT

Quarantine officials disinfect as a precaution against the new coronavirus at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 1, 2020. South Korea is reporting a steady rise in cases around the capital as officials push to require entertainment venues to register their customers with smartphone QR codes so they could be easily located when needed. (Kim In-chul/Yonhap via AP)
The Latest: US Marines arrive in Australia despite pandemic

By The Associated Press Jun. 01, 2020 02:11 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 16, 2018 file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks at the opening of a national dialogue, in Managua, Nicaragua. Ortega spoke in a nationally televised address on Monday, May 18, 2020, and blamed health monitoring measures taken by Costa Rica for his country's decision to close their two border crossings. The dispute boiled over since Costa Rica began May 8 testing all truck drivers entering the country for COVID-19. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)
Health organization: Nicaragua won't allow hospital access

May. 19, 2020 06:38 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 21, 2019 file photo, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega speaks during the inauguration ceremony of a highway overpass in Managua, Nicaragua. After not appearing in public for 34 days, Ortega spoke to the nation on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, and said that the country is fighting patiently against the new coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File)
Nicaragua closes Costa Rica border to protest virus testing

By Gabriela Selser And Javier Cordoba May. 18, 2020 11:35 PM EDT

A woman wears a mask against the spread of COVID-19 disease, as she attends a funeral at the Central cemetery of Managua, Nicaragua, Monday, May 11, 2020. President Daniel Ortega's government has stood out for its refusal to impose measures to halt the new coronavirus for more than two months since the disease was first diagnosed in Nicaragua. Now, doctors and family members of apparent victims say, the government has gone from denying the disease's presence in the country to actively trying to conceal its spread. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga)
'Express burials' cast doubt on Nicaragua's virus figures

By Gabriela Selser May. 12, 2020 12:01 AM EDT