The Irish Times

US threatens action as Ortega sweeps to fourth term in Nicaragua

Former rebel leader secures 75pc of vote after suppressing rivals in election condemned by EU

Mon Nov 08 2021 - 18:13

Nicaragua vote begins with Ortega seeking fourth term and opposition jailed

President poised to get fourth straight term as abstention from voting expected to be high

Sun Nov 07 2021 - 16:44

Stevie Van Zandt: ‘I saw something in Bruce Springsteen that nobody else saw’

The Boss’s trusty sideman has recounted his extraordinary life in a new memoir

Thu Oct 07 2021 - 06:00

Fear grips Nicaragua as country veers towards dictatorship

Opponents of authoritarian president Daniel Ortega dragged from homes and jailed

Mon Sept 13 2021 - 01:00

Cuba protests: one man killed and more than 100 missing in historic unrest

Activists, protesters and journalists reportedly detained in security crackdown

Wed Jul 14 2021 - 09:24

Five opposition leaders detained in Nicaraguan government crackdown

‘This is not a transition to dictatorship, it is a dictatorship in every way’ claims Ortega critic Torres

Mon Jun 14 2021 - 21:10

Nicaraguan opposition leaders detained in wave of arrests

Crackdown on politicians and civil society leaders acclerates slide towards one-party rule

Thu Jun 10 2021 - 12:05

Daniel Ortega tightens screws on opponents as Nicaragua polls loom

National Assembly passes law barring ‘traitors’ from standing for public office

Tue Dec 29 2020 - 14:39

Coronavirus: How Latin America became global epicentre of the pandemic

Virus is raging across a region with political, social and economic conditions to help it thrive

Wed Jun 24 2020 - 13:39

Coronavirus: Nicaragua’s midnight burials tell of a hidden crisis

Country has lowest death toll in Central America, but signs are that virus is raging

Mon Jun 01 2020 - 16:16

Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution: Four Irish activists look back

Irish supporters of Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution assess its legacy, 40 years on

Sat Aug 24 2019 - 06:00

‘God put him there’: Nicaragua’s defiant leader clings to power

Revolutionary hero Daniel Ortega has become a controversial leader

Mon Jul 22 2019 - 05:03

A revolution gone wrong: Daniel Ortega’s government stands accused of repression and worse

Nicaragua’s opposition remains defiant as Daniel Ortega comes under pressure to restore civil liberties

Fri Jul 19 2019 - 15:20

A revolution gone wrong: Dead, buried, exiled – stories from Nicaragua 2019

“I wanted to help your husband but I was afraid.”

Fri Jul 19 2019 - 13:42

Anti-corruption campaigner sweeps to victory in El Salvador election

Nayib Bukele (37) to be violence-plagued Central American country’s next president

Mon Feb 04 2019 - 09:52

Welcome to my Place . . . Leon, Nicaragua

‘Leon has been at the epicentre of Nicaragua’s recent turbulent past’

Sun Nov 25 2018 - 06:00

Nicaragua accused of using ‘weapons of war’ to kill protesters

Amnesty report blames human rights violations on highest authorities in government

Thu Oct 18 2018 - 16:03

Nicaraguan government killing, torturing and raping protesters, says UN

‘Shock forces’ found to have acted jointly or in co-ordination with Ortega security forces

Thu Aug 30 2018 - 20:56

A rebel no more, Daniel Ortega comes to resemble the dictator he replaced

Nicaraguan leader is last in generation of Latin American revolutionaries clinging to power

Wed Aug 22 2018 - 12:52

‘There’s no law’: political crisis sends Nicaraguans fleeing

Street protests subside as crisis enters new phase coloured by fear of what comes next

Tue Aug 07 2018 - 11:17

Ortega calls on protesters to ‘rectify’ their behaviour

Almost 300 killed since protests against Nicaraguan president began three months ago

Fri Jul 20 2018 - 10:27

Nicaragua protests erode pillars of support for Ortega

Anger at brutal crackdown on protests has morphed into daily challenge to Ortega’s rule

Thu May 31 2018 - 14:36

Daniel Ortega holds on to power as protests rock Nicaragua

Leftist strongman is last of generation of Latin American revolutionaries still in office

Wed Apr 25 2018 - 11:13

Further protests against Nicaragua’s president after crackdown

Pressure grows on Daniel Ortega after nine killed in welfare overhaul protests

Tue Apr 24 2018 - 10:03

Venezuela crisis deepens as opposition leaders arrested

Politicians serving house arrest taken from their homes following controversial election

Tue Aug 01 2017 - 19:47

Venezuela grows increasingly isolated after election

US imposes sanctions on president Nicolás Maduro following controversial poll

Mon Jul 31 2017 - 21:15

Brian Boyd: Jeremy Corbyn, Islington Labour and me

The Islington Labour Party of the 1980’s was achingly “right on” and as relevant today as Duran Duran

Tue Apr 25 2017 - 12:41

Nicaraguan president re-elected despite ‘dictatorship’ claims

Daniel Ortega wins third consecutive term as leader of the Central American nation

Mon Nov 07 2016 - 18:17

Nicaragua president Ortega expected to clinch third term

Economic growth has helped trump fears he is trying to install autocratic family rule

Sun Nov 06 2016 - 18:02

Nicaraguan president chooses his wife as running mate

Daniel Ortega picks wife Rosario Murillo as vice presidential candidate ahead of November election

Wed Aug 03 2016 - 08:45

Lost in Nicaragua, a Chinese tycoon’s canal plan

Mystery shrouds project that would be the largest movement of earth in planet’s history

Mon Apr 04 2016 - 13:17

Nicaragua endures ’80s revival as contras resurface

Rebels aim to topple government of Daniel Ortega, claiming people are being ‘robbed’

Wed Mar 09 2016 - 18:17

Two decades of corruption at the highest level in Central America

Of 32 presidents between 1990-2010, 13 are behind bars, in exile or under investigation

Sat Dec 27 2014 - 01:00

Julio Iglesias: ‘I was a flirting man, a rock’n’roll guy’

The Spanish crooner is about to play Ireland for the first time in 30 years. He didn’t sleep with 3,000 women but he swims naked (maybe)

Tue May 06 2014 - 01:00