The Catholic church has been an enduring symbol of Nicaragua’s resistance to the regime of President Daniel Ortega since 2018. Consequently, the institution’s peaceful defiance has firmly placed church leaders and the faithful in Ortega’s crosshairs. Tensions escalated between the Catholic church and Ortega on March 18 when the Vatican closed its embassy in Managua. Earlier…
Violent Persecution of Christians in Nicaragua Part of Regional ‘Transformations’
Violent Persecution of Christians in Nicaragua Part of Regional ‘Transformations’: Analyst
The Catholic church has been an enduring symbol of Nicaragua’s resistance to the regime of President Daniel Ortega since 2018. Consequently, the institution’s peaceful defiance has firmly placed church leaders and the faithful in Ortega’s crosshairs. Tensions escalated between the Catholic church and Ortega on March 18 when the Vatican closed its embassy in Managua. Earlier…
Nicaragua’s Violent Persecution of Christians Part of Regional ‘Transformations’: Analyst
The Catholic Church has been an enduring symbol of Nicaragua’s resistance to the regime of President Daniel Ortega since 2018. Consequently, the institution’s peaceful defiance has firmly placed church leaders and the faithful in Ortega’s crosshairs. Tensions escalated between the Catholic Church and Ortega on March 18, when the Vatican closed its embassy in Managua. Earlier that…
222 Political Prisoners Freed by Nicaragua Arrive in the US
The U.S. Department of State announced a win for human rights and diplomacy today with the arrival at Dulles International Airport of 222 political prisoners, a U.S. citizen among them, released from Nicaraguan prisons. “The individuals released from Nicaraguan custody include political and business leaders, journalists, civil society representatives, and students,” according to a Department…
Nicaragua Seizes Former Taiwan Embassy to Give to China
December 28, 2021
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Taipei said it “strongly protested” Nicaragua’s seizure of Taiwan’s former embassy that was given to Beijing, after the Central American state severed ties with the self-governed island in favor of China. “Regarding the Nicaraguan government’s illegal seizure of our embassy properties and unlawful transfer of them to the People’s Republic of China, it is totally…
China Targets Taiwan’s Allies Amid US-Led Democracy Summit: Taiwan Foreign Minister
December 15, 2021
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Nicaragua’s decision to cut ties with Taiwan was part of a deliberate move by the Chinese regime targeting the island’s diplomatic allies, following Beijing’s exclusion from the U.S.-led democracy summit, Taiwan’s foreign minister said on Dec. 14. The government of Nicaragua announced on Dec. 9 that it terminated “diplomatic relations” with Taipei and switched allegiance to…
Nicaragua Breaks Relations With Taiwan, Recognizes China
The government of Nicaragua announced Thursday that it has terminated “diplomatic relations” with Taiwan and ceased to have “any contact or official relationship”, declaring that it recognizes “there is only one single China” in the world. “The People’s Republic of China is the only legitimate government that represents all of China and Taiwan is an…
Sandinistas Crushing Nicaragua’s Journalists
Commentary Liberty of expression is the oxygen of democratic arrangements. As journalists exercise their craft independently and unencumbered, they are canaries in the political coal mine. By this gauge, if left untreated Nicaragua’s polity is being asphyxiated into totalitarianism. The Sandinista couple-dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, respectively president and vice president of Nicaragua,…
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