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  • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Latin America needs better leaders after Covid

    Populists of the left and right will not help the world’s worst-hit region

  • Tuesday, 29 December, 2020
    Daniel Ortega tightens screws on opponents as Nicaragua polls loom

    President pushes through new laws and pressures media and human rights groups

  • Sunday, 4 October, 2020
    Nicaragua raises alarm with repressive draft laws

    Critics accuse Ortega of trying to stamp out resistance ahead of elections next year

  • Saturday, 3 October, 2020
    How To Spend It
    HTSI editor’s letter: fashion, art and undercrackers

    This issue unveils a Roman conquest, a new gallery and made-to-measure pants

  • Thursday, 1 October, 2020
    How To Spend It
    Destination Nicaragua: a country on the brink of extraordinary change

    This little-known jewel in Latin America has been a no-no on the travel advisory list since 2018. It shouldn’t be

  • Friday, 17 April, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    The ‘Ostrich Alliance’: leaders denying coronavirus threat

    Four strongmen stand apart while the rest of the world takes drastic action to stop the pandemic spreading

  • Friday, 13 March, 2020
    Latin America holidays
    A beacon of hope on Nicaragua’s Emerald Coast

    Rancho Santana, a cattle ranch turned laidback resort, is attempting to draw visitors back to the country’s Pacific beaches

  • Friday, 6 March, 2020
    Obituary
    Ernesto Cardenal, poet and priest, 1925-2020

    A revolutionary Nicaraguan mystic with his feet firmly on the ground

  • Monday, 20 January, 2020
    US immigration
    Mexican police clash with Central American caravan

    Crackdown is aimed at staving off Trump threat of tariffs on exports

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 1 April, 2019
    Press freedom
    Journalists under attack: press coalition’s ‘most urgent’ cases

    Group of leading news organisations releases its second list

  • Thursday, 17 January, 2019
    Nicaragua set for talks to avoid regional isolation

    Mexico agrees to mediate as veteran rebel leader Daniel Ortega faces biggest challenge

  • Sunday, 30 September, 2018
    World
    Nicaragua issues new warning to protesters

    Government declares demonstrations illegal and vows to prevent more violence

  • Wednesday, 5 September, 2018
    News in-depthWorld
    UN under siege in Central America

    Crises in Guatemala and Nicaragua pose test for global agencies as well as Donald Trump

  • Monday, 3 September, 2018
    Jude Webber
    A rebuilt Managua cannot escape its violent past

    Brutal protests give young Nicaraguans a painful reminder of their capital’s history

  • Wednesday, 29 August, 2018
    Human rights
    UN report calls for ‘urgent action’ on Nicaragua human rights crisis
  • Wednesday, 22 August, 2018
    The Big ReadJude Webber
    Nicaragua: Daniel Ortega’s last stand?

    As deadly protests against the president continue, critics say he now resembles the dictator he replaced

  • Friday, 17 August, 2018
    World
    Protests leave Nicaraguans living under the volcano

    Fragile calm returns after roadblocks are broken up but few believe unrest is over

  • Wednesday, 1 August, 2018
    News in-depthAmericas society
    Nicaragua’s $13bn economy sinks as uprising persists

    Climate of fear drains banking system and collapse of tourism hinders growth

  • Saturday, 14 July, 2018
    News
    Nicaragua unrest escalates

    Student protesters trapped under fire from security forces

  • Friday, 13 July, 2018
    Americas politics & policy
    Nicaragua descends into ‘state of terrorism’

    Daniel Ortega refuses to give up power despite three months of violent street battles

  • Thursday, 21 June, 2018
    The FT ViewNafta
    Latin America faces up to growing uncertainties

    Elections test region’s democratic mettle; markets test its finances

  • Monday, 11 June, 2018
    Global InsightJohn Paul Rathbone
    Latin America’s socialist support system is crumbling

    Economic collapse will eventually break the Cuba-Venezuela-Nicaragua axis

  • Sunday, 3 June, 2018
    News in-depthWorld
    Deaths mount in crackdown on Nicaraguan protesters

    Rallies against pension reform spiral into challenge to Ortega’s autocratic rule

  • Friday, 27 April, 2018
    LatAm Viva
    Nicaragua: the last of the revolutionaries

    Do not expect President Ortega go quietly, quickly — or maybe even at all

  • Friday, 27 April, 2018
    World
    Death toll rises in Nicaragua anti-government protests

    Human rights group puts count at 63 in clashes over planned social security reform

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