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
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
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Fear grips Nicaragua as country veers towards dictatorship
Opponents of authoritarian president Daniel Ortega dragged from homes and jailed
Cuba protests: one man killed and more than 100 missing in historic unrest
Activists, protesters and journalists reportedly detained in security crackdown
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
Nicaraguan opposition leaders detained in wave of arrests
Crackdown on politicians and civil society leaders acclerates slide towards one-party rule
Daniel Ortega tightens screws on opponents as Nicaragua polls loom
National Assembly passes law barring ‘traitors’ from standing for public office
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
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
Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution: Four Irish activists look back
Irish supporters of Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution assess its legacy, 40 years on
‘God put him there’: Nicaragua’s defiant leader clings to power
Revolutionary hero Daniel Ortega has become a controversial leader
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
A revolution gone wrong: Dead, buried, exiled – stories from Nicaragua 2019
“I wanted to help your husband but I was afraid.”
Anti-corruption campaigner sweeps to victory in El Salvador election
Nayib Bukele (37) to be violence-plagued Central American country’s next president
Welcome to my Place . . . Leon, Nicaragua
‘Leon has been at the epicentre of Nicaragua’s recent turbulent past’
Nicaragua accused of using ‘weapons of war’ to kill protesters
Amnesty report blames human rights violations on highest authorities in government
Nicaraguan government killing, torturing and raping protesters, says UN
‘Shock forces’ found to have acted jointly or in co-ordination with Ortega security forces
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
‘There’s no law’: political crisis sends Nicaraguans fleeing
Street protests subside as crisis enters new phase coloured by fear of what comes next
Ortega calls on protesters to ‘rectify’ their behaviour
Almost 300 killed since protests against Nicaraguan president began three months ago
Nicaragua protests erode pillars of support for Ortega
Anger at brutal crackdown on protests has morphed into daily challenge to Ortega’s rule
Daniel Ortega holds on to power as protests rock Nicaragua
Leftist strongman is last of generation of Latin American revolutionaries still in office
Further protests against Nicaragua’s president after crackdown
Pressure grows on Daniel Ortega after nine killed in welfare overhaul protests
Venezuela crisis deepens as opposition leaders arrested
Politicians serving house arrest taken from their homes following controversial election
Venezuela grows increasingly isolated after election
US imposes sanctions on president Nicolás Maduro following controversial poll
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
Nicaraguan president re-elected despite ‘dictatorship’ claims
Daniel Ortega wins third consecutive term as leader of the Central American nation
Nicaragua president Ortega expected to clinch third term
Economic growth has helped trump fears he is trying to install autocratic family rule
Nicaraguan president chooses his wife as running mate
Daniel Ortega picks wife Rosario Murillo as vice presidential candidate ahead of November election
Lost in Nicaragua, a Chinese tycoon’s canal plan
Mystery shrouds project that would be the largest movement of earth in planet’s history
Nicaragua endures ’80s revival as contras resurface
Rebels aim to topple government of Daniel Ortega, claiming people are being ‘robbed’
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
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)
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If the President had visited Nicaragua, perhaps he could have mediated in its border dispute with Costa Rica
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