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Daniel Ortega

December 2023

  • Sheynnis Palacios, who was crowned the 72nd Miss Universe last month. Her humble origins have resonated with many Nicaraguans.

    Nicaragua’s Miss Universe emerges as symbol of defiance against Ortega regime

    ‘Nervous’ government has cracked down on celebrations for Sheynnis Palacios in country where ‘repression is absolute’

October 2023

  • Miskito women wash clothes at a watering hole with garments drying on a line above them and houses in the background

    Indigenous party says it is barred from running in Nicaragua elections

    Banning of Yatama party leaves ruling Sandinistas unchallenged in upcoming elections

February 2023

  • Daniel Ortega delivering a speech in September last year

    Nicaragua: Ortega crackdown deepens as 94 opponents stripped of citizenship

    Some of country’s most celebrated writers and journalists targeted as critics condemn ‘totalitarian drift’ under 77-year-old president

March 2022

  • A man listens to a speaker as he sits at a table with a sign in front of him that says 'Nicaragua'. In front of him is a microphone and a bottle of water.

    Nicaragua’s ambassador to the OAS denounces Daniel Ortega’s ‘dictatorship’

    Arturo McFields Yescas spoke out against the government he is representing in a verbal attack that was lauded by the US

February 2022

  • Hugo Torres

    Former Nicaragua guerrilla who helped free Daniel Ortega dies in jail

    Hugo Torres, 73, was among 46 opposition figures jailed by Ortega last year to clear way for his re-election

November 2021

  • Central American and Haitian migrants and asylum seekers in Mexico walk towards the US border

    Human rights this fortnight – in pictures
    Migrant caravan and Qatar’s tarnished World Cup: human rights this fortnight – in pictures

  • Simon Tisdall

    From Nicaragua to China, reckless autocrats betray the promises of revolution

    Simon Tisdall
  • Nicaragua readies to hold presidential election<br>A man walks by a banner depicting Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo ahead of the country's presidential elections, in Managua, Nicaragua November 2, 2021. Picture taken November 2, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

    Ortega poised to retain Nicaraguan presidency after crackdown on rivals

  • 28 de Octubre de 2021, San José, Costa Rica. Zoilamérica Narváez, hijastra de Daniel Ortega a quien acusó de abusar sexualmente de ella cuando era una niña. Carlos Herrera

    Nicaraguan exiles see vote as step on Ortega’s road to dictatorship

October 2021

  • Opposition activists have denounced the latest arrests as an illegal ‘kidnapping’.

    Nicaraguan business leaders arrested in Ortega’s pre-election crackdown

    Ortega has detained 39 opponents ahead of November election

August 2021

  • Police at the entrance of La Prensa office in Managua on Friday.

    Nicaraguan police raid opposition newspaper La Prensa

  • Riot police stand guard outside ‘El Chipote’, where Georgiana Aguirre-Sacasa believes her father is being detained.

    ‘We are in this nightmare’: Nicaragua continues its brazen crackdown

  • Berenice Quezada is ‘under house arrest without access to a telephone and prohibited from running for public office’, her party tweeted.

    Nicaragua: Ortega opponent becomes eighth election candidate to be arrested

  • NICARAGUA-SANDINISTA-REVOLUTION-ANNIVERSARY-MURILLO<br>Handout picture released by Nicaragua’s Presidency press office showing Vice-President Rosario Murillo wearing a facemask, during the 41st anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution, held without a public event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in Managua, on July 19, 2020. (Photo by Cesar PEREZ / PRESIDENCIA NICARAGUA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / PRESIDENCIA NICARAGUA / Cesar PEREZ “ - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by CESAR PEREZ/PRESIDENCIA NICARAGUA/AFP via Getty Images)

    EU sanctions Nicaragua’s first lady and vice-president over human rights violations

July 2021

  • A supporter holds up a copy of the Apple Daily newspaper outside its offices in Hong Kong.

    Human rights this fortnight – in pictures
    Malawi Pride and press freedoms in Palestine: human rights this fortnight – in pictures

    A roundup of the coverage on struggles for human rights and freedoms, from Chile to Cambodia

June 2021

  • FILE PHOTO: Nicaragua Attorney General of the Republic office summons opposition candidate Felix Maradiaga, in Managua<br>FILE PHOTO: Police officers keep watch outside the Nicaragua Attorney General of the Republic office where Felix Maradiaga, aspiring candidate of the opposition group National Blue and White Unity (UNAB), was summoned by authorities, in Managua, Nicaragua June 8, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Herrera/File Photo

    Rights and freedom
    Nicaragua rounds up president’s critics in sweeping pre-election crackdown

  • Félix Maradiaga was arrested after being called to the attorney general’s office to provide a statement.

    Nicaraguan police arrest third potential Ortega opponent

January 2021

  • Two women ride past a mural with an image of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in Sabaneta, Barinas State, Venezuela.

    ¡Populista! review: Chávez, Castro and Latin America's 'pink wave' leaders

  • A mural depicting Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, in Managua.

    Nicaragua’s Covid story far from truth

April 2020

  • President Ortega reappears on TV after 34 days and defends strategy against pandemic<br>epa08365467 A man watches a television as President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega appears during a broadcast of Cadena Nacional, in Managua, Nicaragua, 15 April 2020. Ortega reappeared on television, after 34 days without addressing the public in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, and defended the strategy that his Government has adopted and which, he said, has allowed him to contain the COVID-19 and coronavirus outbreak to nine cases, with only one death. EPA/Jorge Torres

    Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega reappears to call coronavirus 'a sign from God'

    President, 74, who had not been seen in public for over a month, has played down crisis, claiming only one Covid-19 death
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