After a Nicaraguan human rights activist who had fled to Costa Rica was killed, concern has grown that the Ortega government ...

Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America, covering 130,373 square kilometers. Its economy relies on producing light manufacturing, services, and agriculture. In recent years, Nicaragua has ...

Country spends most of the 19th Century in violent power struggles between Liberal and Conservative factions. 1860 - British cede control over the country's Caribbean coast to Nicaragua.

One Nicaraguan journalist escaped a crackdown on press freedom to seek asylum in the U.S. Now she feels hunted again, as ...

A protected wildlife refuge in Nicaragua has suffered a wave of deforestation in recent years, fueled by controversial land ...

Violeta Chamorro’s daughter, Cristiana Chamorro, was held under house arrest for months in Nicaragua and then convicted of money laundering and other charges as Ortega moved to ...

Violeta Chamorro, whose 1990 upset victory made her Nicaragua's first female president — and ushered peace into civil ...

Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua after years of war and was the first woman elected president in the Americas, died Saturday at the age of 95, her family said.

Nicaragua has withdrawn from the U.N. cultural and educational body UNESCO because it awarded a prize celebrating press freedom to a Nicaraguan newspaper, La Prensa.

Nicaragua has withdrawn from the U.N. cultural and educational body UNESCO because it awarded a prize celebrating press freedom to a Nicaraguan newspaper, La Prensa.

The administration’s own policies ‘de-legalized’ more than 1 million people now vulnerable for removal from the country ...