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 ...

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega offered his Venezuelan colleague Nicolás Maduro the help of his 'Sandinista fighters' in case of civil war in the South American country, where the opposition ...

Projects supporting political prisoners in Cuba, church groups opposing strongman Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua and activists fighting a power grab by Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela were canceled after ...

Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro (right) shakes hands with Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega as Cuba’s dictator, Miguel Díaz-Canel, looks on in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 10, 2025, when ...

Venezuela has freed six U.S. detainees after talks in Caracas between President Nicolas Maduro and Donald Trump's special envoy for special missions, Ric Grenell.

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega gestures to government supporters after attending the swearing-in ceremony of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for a third term at the National Assembly in ...

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega gestures to government supporters after attending the swearing-in ceremony of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for a third term at the National Assembly in ...

Since his loss in Venezuela’s election last year, governing for Maduro has largely become an exercise in repression and controlling the narrative.

But analysts say Maduro's methods borrow more from another Latin American country whose autocratic leader attended his inauguration Friday: aging Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega.

Nicolás Maduro Moros, the president of Venezuela, was inaugurated Friday morning for his third consecutive six-year term. Despite successfully suppressing efforts by opposition parties to contest ...

Nicolas Maduro's controversial presidency in Venezuela faces international backlash and economic decline amid authoritarian rule and sanctions.