departamentos de Nicaragua

Nicaragua "needs to comply with their international obligations to guarantee that people are able to freely express their rights of freedom of expression and freedom to peacefully assemble," UN Human Rights Office spokeswoman Liz Throssell said in a statement. The US State Department issued a ...

Nicaragua's president says the government is withdrawing changes to the social security system that had triggered protests, riots and looting over the past week. President Daniel Ortega said Sunday in a message to the nation that the social security board of directors has canceled the changes ...

Monte Tabor is a town on the outskirts of Nicaragua, in the Department of Managua. It was also the location of the Hotel Selva Verde compound, where we stayed during our time in the Managua area. Departments are administrative areas that operated under the national government. Nicaragua has 15 ...

Sanders's comments came a day after the State Department ordered the families of U.S. personnel in Nicaragua to leave the country and authorized the ... The demonstrations have been characterized by violent clashes with police that have left at least 27 people dead, according to the Nicaraguan Center ...

The student-led protests began last week after President Daniel Ortega introduced a plan that would increase pension contributions and reduce benefits. The U.S. State Department is pulling some of its embassy staff and families out of Nicaragua in response to the violence. NPR's Carrie Kahn is there and ...

The U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua announced on Saturday that a Level 3 travel advisory has been issued to travelers heading to Nicaragua due to a series ... According to the U.S. State Department's new, four-tier system in which every country receives a travel advisory, with levels of advice ranging from one ...

The Moreau Center has cancelled this year's Nicaragua Immersion because of major political unrest in the country. ... very volatile, we don't believe things can change enough in that short time for us to feel confident about our students' and partners' safety,” Laird said in an email to UP department directors.

The United States State Department is pulling some of its embassy staff and their families out of Nicaragua following days of deadly riots in the country. The US State Department also raised ... The Nicaraguan Centre of Human Rights said that at least 25 people have died. That group says that 120 people ...