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    • Sunday, 7 November, 2021
      Nicaragua
      Ortega crushes opponents to win ‘pantomime’ Nicaragua election

      Biden condemns vote and hints at more sanctions against authoritarian regime

    • Friday, 25 June, 2021
      ObituaryEnrique Bolaños
      Enrique Bolaños, president and businessman, 1928-2021

      Nicaraguan leader who battled corruption but failed to curb the country’s inequality

    • Saturday, 12 June, 2021
      News in-depthNicaragua
      Daniel Ortega tightens his grip as Nicaragua prepares for election

      Veteran Latin American strongman has arrested opponents as he ensures a fourth presidential term

    • Tuesday, 29 December, 2020
      Nicaragua
      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
      Nicaragua raises alarm with repressive draft laws

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

    • 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, 6 March, 2020
      ObituaryNicaragua
      Ernesto Cardenal, Marxist poet and priest, 1925-2020

      A revolutionary Nicaraguan mystic with his feet firmly on the ground

    • Thursday, 17 January, 2019
      Nicaragua
      Nicaragua set for crisis talks to avoid expulsion from regional group

      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, 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
      Anti-Ortega 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 finance
      Nicaragua’s $13bn economy sinks as uprising persists

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

    • Saturday, 14 July, 2018
      World
      Nicaragua unrest escalates

      Student protesters trapped under fire from security forces

    • Friday, 13 July, 2018
      World
      Nicaragua descends into ‘state of terrorism’ as president clings on

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

    • 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 mounts in Nicaragua anti-government protests

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

    • Wednesday, 25 April, 2018
      News in-depthWorld
      Nicaragua president Daniel Ortega rocked by protests

      Last of historic generation of Latin American revolutionaries will be hard to budge

    • Monday, 23 April, 2018
      World
      US withdraws diplomats after violent Nicaragua protests

      Sixth day of marches despite Ortega about-turn on planned reforms

    • Monday, 7 November, 2016
      Americas politics & policy
      Nicaragua’s Ortega wins third presidential term in landslide vote
    • Friday, 4 November, 2016
      World
      Daniel Ortega and mystical poet wife prepare to lead Nicaragua

      Veteran revolutionary bars election observers and praises one-party rule

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