Ortega has turned his brutal crackdown against critics into a form of interstate violence that also targets Nicaragua’s neighbors and trade partners.

Since taking office in 2007, Daniel Ortega has funneled more than $4 billion in Venezuelan petro-dollars through 'Albanisa', a spider's web of companies controlled by the Sandinista Front, outside ...

A Venezuelan activist seeking asylum in the United States after reportedly being tortured by the government of U.S. adversary Nicolás Maduro has been detained by U.S. immigration authorities ...

Criticism of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro from a leftist perspective is absolutely necessary and some of it comes from those who, to varying degrees, support his government. Emiliano Teran ...

A retired Nicaraguan army officer in exile who fiercely criticized authoritarian President Daniel Ortega was shot dead Thursday in neighboring Costa Rica, his family and officials said.

Failing to revive an economy in free fall, Nicolás Maduro's regime has now turned its sights on those who dare to describe the collapse. In recent weeks, authorities have detained economists ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- A retired Nicaraguan military officer turned outspoken critic of President Daniel Ortega was shot to death Thursday at his home in Costa Rica, authorities said.

Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua after years of war and was the first woman elected president in the Americas, died Saturday at the age of 95, her family ...

Despite a flurry of positive reports in the travel press, U.S. officials say Americans should avoid Nicaragua because it’s an authoritarian regime.

The owner of a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic is facing an involuntary homicide charge after 236 people died because the roof collapsed during a concert in April, prosecutors announced.