Nicaragua: Second Bishop arrested in escalating crackdown on Catholic Church

Dec 24, 2023

Bishop Isidoro Mora, from the Siuna church on the Caribbean coast, was arrested after participating in a mass commemorating the anniversary of the Matagalpa...

Nicaragua: Five priests arrested in 2 days in escalating crackdown on Catholic Church

Dec 31, 2023

Reports on the situation in Nicaragua surfaced through social media posts by exiled lawyer Martha Patricia Molina, raising further alarm at the United Nations.

In a first, Pope Francis calls China's Uyghurs 'persecuted'

Nov 25, 2020

Vatican City [Vatican], November 25 : Pope Francis has for the first time called Chinese Muslim Uyghurs a "persecuted" people, breaking his silence over...

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes off Nicaraguan coast

Nov 09, 2021

Managua (Nicaragua), November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): A powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurred on Tuesday off the western coast of Nicaragua, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center said.

First batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine arrives in Nicaragua

Feb 24, 2021

Managua [Nicaragua], February 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The first batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus has arrived in Nicaragua, the latter's vice president...

Nicaragua breaks ties with Taiwan at China's behest

Dec 12, 2021

Taipei [Taiwan], December 12 : Nicaragua broke ties with Taiwan at China's behest at a time when Taiwan was attending the US Summit for...