How Nicaragua Became and Sustains a Police State

From the April 2018 explosion to deafening silence Photo montage by Confidencial In its attempt to silence the 2018 protests a police memorandum forbid them. Seven years later, the country’s police state apparatus keeps watch and persecutes, under...

Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela not invited to Summit of the Americas

U.S. President Joe Biden (C), and other world leaders of the Americas take a "Family Photo" at the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles in June 2022. File Photo by David Swanson/EPA/Pool Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The Dominican Republic is preparing to...

Nicaragua’s investment climate is worsening, with increased scrutiny and risks of illegal activity for business owners.

Q24N — Once again, the United States Department of State warned of the dangers of investing in Nicaragua and advised that extreme caution and due diligence be exercised when doing so. As part of the growing deterioration of the investment climate,...

DR will not invite Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua to Summit of the Americas

The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Foreign Relations announced on 30 September 2025 that it will not extend invitations to Cuba, Venezuela, or Nicaragua for the Tenth Summit of the Americas, set to take place in Punta Cana from 1-5 December...

Brewing resilience: researchers safeguard coffee and chocolate from climate threats

In the hills above Matagalpa, Nicaragua, farmer Juan Pablo Castro has been growing coffee for 25 years. His two-hectare farm, dotted with citrus trees, is typical of the smallholdings that supply much of the world’s beans. But in 2023, he began to...

Climate Adaptation in Central American Cities: The Region’s Great Climate Debt

A systematic analysis of more than 53,000 scientific publications on climate change in urban environments (2012–2022) reveals exponential growth in global knowledge in this field. However, marked geographic and thematic inequalities persist. More...

Nicaragua Says U.S. Seeks Venezuela’s Oil with Caribbean Warships

The United States wants to “steal” Venezuela’s oil reserves with the deployment of warships in the Caribbean, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump deployed eight ships and a submarine in the Caribbean...

‘The system is collapsing’: Climate campaigners under threat as crucial UN conference looms

Lying at the foothills of several active volcanoes, the colonial-era town of Antigua is a fitting meeting point for civil society groups gathering in Guatemala from across Central America to prepare for one of the most consequential United Nations...

NMSU Foundation honored for fueling Latino innovation

The New Mexico State University Foundation has been named a 2025 Angeles Higher Education Impact Award honoree by Angeles Investors, a national investment group dedicated to harnessing Latino-driven growth to find, fund and fuel high-potential...

Nicaragua’s Most Expensive Estate Hits the Market

The Estate at Playa Majagual, Nicaragua’s most expensive listing at $31.5M, offers private beaches, rainforest, and unmatched luxury living. The Estate at Playa Majagual has just set a new benchmark in Nicaraguan real estate. Listed at $31.5...

War, apartment fire punctuate Ukrainian woman's unexpectedly long stay in Western Pa.

Nadiia Koshykova packed light on Dec. 12, 2021, when she traveled by rail, then by plane, from her native Ukraine to visit her son’s family in their Ohio Township home. “I have one suitcase — winter clothes,” Koshykova, 66, said. “I wanted to see...

Resident starts Grad Adventures to give less opportune grads a chance to travel

Bruce Whitaker has travelled the world with his family, pictured here. Now, he would like to give area youth that same opportunity with Grad Adventures. CONNOR LUCZKA, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Bruce Whitaker and his family have...

Climate refugees as emerging Jesuit responsibility

In the Catholic church, justice is something carried out in two forms (“two feet”): One is charity on a personal level, and the other is social justice on a systemic level. In order to carry out this mission of protecting human dignity and caring...

UN human rights experts warn of escalation in Nicaragua repression

A group of UN human rights experts on Nicaragua revealed in a new report on Tuesday that the Nicaraguan government, led by President Daniel Ortega, has intensified repression of exiled critics abroad. The repression includes legal persecution,...

Việt Nam seeks to expand relations with Australia, Nicaragua, Georgia

NEW YORK – Acting Foreign Minister Lê Hoài Trung had meetings with senior officials of Australia, Nicaragua and Georgia on the sidelines of the High-Level General Debate of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) in New...

UN Experts: Nicaragua extends repression beyond its borders, targeting exiles

A group of UN experts denounced on Tuesday that the Nicaraguan government has extended its repression of critics of co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo beyond the country’s borders. Ortega, a 79-year-old former guerrilla in power since...

Transnational Spying on Nicaraguans in Exile Denouced at UN

Nicaraguan exiles gathered in Democracy Plaza in Costa Rica to commemorate the release of political prisoners. February 9, 2023. Photo: Katherine Estrada Téllez. Nicaraguan State institutions and the FSLN profile regime critics turning them into...

Basic Human Rights Guarantees Are Eliminated in Nicaragua

says the UN report Image of police patrols during an operation. // Photo: El 19 Digital Report documents 52 cases of arbitrary denial of entry to Nicaragua and 156 expulsions without legal recourse. By EFE / Confidencial HAVANA TIMES – The basic...

Costa Rica leads Central America in average international tourist spending

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica consolidated its position as the country with the highest average spending per tourist in Central America, according to a Mastercard Advisors study using data from the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) – Costa Rica...

ICTSI Honduras sets regional sustainability benchmark

OPERADORA Portuaria Centroamericana (OPC), International Container Terminal Services, Inc.’s (ICTSI) subsidiary in Honduras, has launched its first sustainability report, becoming the first port in Honduras and the CA-4 region (Guatemala, El...