Nicaragua has arrested a sixth presidential contender and four other opposition figures, police said, bringing to 26 the number of people rounded up by long-term leader Daniel Ortega's forces ahead of November elections
4 week agoNational Police report that Medardo Mairena Sequeira, Pedro Joaquín Mena Amador and Freddy Alberto navas López were arrested, leaders of the murder of 4 fellow Police officers and civilian citizens, kidnapping and injuries of 12 fellow Police officers in Morrito
Luis Almagro asks to suspend Nicaragua's participation in the OAS
Guaidó wished the Nicaraguan opposition "strength" and denounced that Ortega repeats Maduro's "model"
1 month agoNicaragua "President Ortega is defying the international community and we will continue to respond," says @SecBlinken in statement
Police enter home of Nicaraguan opposition leader Chamorro with warrant, says official
The Nicaraguan Prosecutor's Office asks to exclude the opposition Chamorro from the presidential elections (official)
5.8 magnitude earthquake in Nicaragua. There was no loss of life or property in the earthquake, but the shock was strongly felt in the cities of Chinandega, Leon and Managua
Carazo: The injured was treated by members of the Directorate General of Firefighters of Diriamba
The Aqua Nicaragua Oceanfront Resort, located on the Costa Smeralda, in Tola, Rivas, was invaded this Monday morning by half a dozen men armed with machetes.
The US questions the appointment of a new Electoral Council of Nicaragua for being "biased"
3 month agoThis is what the interception looked like on flight radar, the Russian aircraft turns north and leaves Colombian airspace. The aircraft (RA-96104) is an airborne command post belonging to the FSB, it was flying to Managua, Nicaragua
All the occupants were treated immediately by the Fire Brigade and were transferred to the Santiago de Jinotepe Regional Hospital
3 month agoNicaragua Firefighters attend to the emergency of a swarm of bees on a power line pole in the Río Abajo community in Jalapa, causing bites to its residents
4 month agoNicaragua Vice President Rosario Murillo informs that next Tuesday the new fire station will be inaugurated in Waslala and on Tuesday 30 the number 107 in San Rafael del Norte, Jinotega
4 month agoThe San Cristobal Volcano erupted, sending thick plumes of smoke and ash over the city of Chinandega in Nicaragua
Ortega assures that in Nicaragua "there is freedom of expression", despite the fact that it keeps the country under a police state where any dissident voice is repressed and the right to protest is not allowed.
5 month agoNicaragua: Voracious fire was registered in a house in the municipality of Altagracia on Ometepe Island. Firefighters and National Police investigate the causes
5 month agoNicaragua Vice President Rosario Murillo announces that on Friday the 5th the National Program for the Renovation of Coffee Plantations will be launched in La Dalia, Matagalpa
5 month agoNicaragua: Tipitapa Police investigate the death of a girl, who took her in a taxi to the Yolanda Mayorga primary hospital
Nicaragua Matagalpa: The Matagalpa Unified Firefighters were present at the site and mobilized two fire extinguishing units, who worked together to quell the flames and prevent neighboring houses from being affected.
Nicaragua Matagalpa: According to witnesses they assure that the victim's brother, upon seeing his dead relative, grabbed a knife and went to look for the perpetrator of the crime and injured him in different parts of the body.
5 month agoFire consumes house in the Ermita de Dolores neighborhood in León. Unified firefighters work to extinguish the disaster
Ukraine has imposed sanctions against Nicaragua
6 month agoNicaragua: Mayor's Office of Masatepe delivers a firefighting and rescue fire truck to the Nicaraguan Unified Fire Department that will benefit more than 44,000 inhabitants of this Municipality and surrounding towns
6 month agoNicaragua Vice President Rosario Murillo: "Fire station number 103 will be inaugurated in Achuapa, León, on Tuesday, January 26"
Inhabitants of Jalapa held a plate to demand justice for the murder of the young woman, Katring López, who disappeared on January 9 in Jalapa, Nueva Segovia, the day she was turning 21 years old.
6 month agoNicaragua: Four armed criminals entered a business located in the 19 de Julio neighborhood of the city of Jinotega. The subjects fled. National Police is after the search for criminals
Nicaragua Matagalpa: Members of the National Police, firefighters from this city and neighborhood structure were present at the place to find how to quell the flames and prevent it from spreading to neighboring houses
7 month agoNicaragua: This is how the gunpowder sales establishments are located in Bluefields, where they are guarded by members of the General Directorate of Firefighters and National Police so that purchases are made by adults to avoid possible accidents
