Former Sandinista commander Henry Ruiz, 81, is under house arrest in Nicaragua as Ortega’s regime targets critics. Read the latest on this crackdown.

A campaign by Despard’s wife, Catherine, ensured his imprisonment became the subject of a three-week debate in the House of ...

Donald Trump’s moves to install loyalists in US security agencies and the military echo the actions of strongmen worldwide ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Javier Zeledon Reyes, a 56-year-old Nicaraguan citizen, in ...

According to Nicaraguan media, the entry of Russian forces was planned and coordinated with the Nicaraguan Army. Russian units will also assist Nicaragua in fighting ”illicit activities“ in ...

Experts told Newsweek that Beijing could use the Trump administration's withdrawal of USAID to boost influence in the Caribbean.

Javier Zeledon Reyes admitted to firing an AK-47 into a crowd of civilians, killing 20 of them, and relocating to Mexico and providing material to support a cartel.

In March 1771,12-year-old Horatio Nelson received a letter from his uncle, Captain Maurice Suckling RN, directing him to report to his ship, ...

The riot squads and the hooded “voluntary police” are the shock forces of the regime to squash any internal dissent.

So leaders who personalize their security forces must funnel huge sums of money to the most loyal units, sometimes making them more powerful than the regular army. But the firings do spark ...