MEXICO CITY (AP) — 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 ...

The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, has confiscated a cloistered monastery and arrested 20 people for activities related to Holy Week in Nicaragua ...

MIAMI Nineteen priests kicked out of the country, dozens of incidents of harassment and church desecrations, rural areas lacking worship and social services: the situation for Catholic clergy and ...

Leer en español. Anita Wells named her nonprofit AbueNica — “Abue” for abuela and “Nica” for Nicaragua — because she sees herself as something like a grandmother to people who immigrate to the U.S.

The Pope’s prayer comes just days after the Ortega dictatorship canceled the legal status of 1,500 nonprofit organizations, including hundreds of Catholic organizations, and exiled two more priests to ...

A year into Nicaragua’s political and social crisis, an estimated 62,000 people have fled to neighbouring countries, with the vast majority – some 55,500 – seeking refuge in Costa Rica. Many, in what ...

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 ...