U.S. Adds Nicaragua to Visa Bond List for B1 and B2 Visas

Nicaraguan citizens who apply for U.S. visitor visas will need to post a bond of $5,000, $10,000 or $15,000 starting April 2. The U.S. State Department announced the change on March 18. Nicaragua joins 11 other countries in an expansion that now covers 50 …

Public Employees in Nicaragua Feel Like Hostages

“They Treat Us Like Traitors.” Illustration: Confidencial Workers under the Ministries of Health and Education say they’re denied permission to leave the country, subjected to surveillance at work and forced to display political loyalty. By Confidencial …

Nicaragua shows jailed Bayardo Arce after disappearance allegations

The Nicaraguan government published photos on Sunday of historic Sandinista commander Bayardo Arce after his children denounced the forced disappearance of the former ally of President Daniel Ortega, who was convicted on corruption charges. Bayardo Arce, …

Nicaragua: Reparations for Victims & Democratic Transition

A group of riot police from the Ortega regime surrounds citizens in a church in Masaya, September 2022. | Photo: Confidencial How much would it cost to compensate all the victims of the serious human rights violations committed by the Ortega-Murillo regime …

Local coffee company brings flavor of Nicaragua to Massachusetts

Reform treasurer ‘met sanctioned individuals on ­Nicaragua trip’

Billionaire property tycoon Nick Candy visited the Central American country last week and was greeted with a message from co-president Rosario Murillo, who is sanctioned by the UK over human rights abuses, the Times reported. She described Mr Candy, who …

Nicaragua’s Boom in Exotic Animal Exports Sparks Global Worry

display boxes filled with exotic snakes at a reptile show© Hunter Byrd/Shutterstock.com Quick Take Nicaragua is now exporting more than 11,000 exotic animals each month. This is a dramatic increase from the volume of monthly exports in previous years. …

Nicaragua bans ordinations of Catholic priests and deacons in four dioceses

News ‘Obstacles are not a problem for the Church but rather a cross that the Church bravely embraces, as Our Lord taught us, and that propels it on this path to resurrection,’ a priest in exile said. (LifeSiteNews) — Nicaragua’s communist government banned …

Essential Security Interests Exceptions and the Limits of Self-Judgment: Implications of Riverside Coffee v Nicaragua

In recent years, national security has increasingly served as a justification to deviate from international law obligations. The ICSID award in Riverside Coffee v Nicaragua has added a new layer to the developing case law on the interplay between essential …

UK Seizes Nearly a Ton of Cocaine Coming from Nicaragua

Image of the cocaine bricks, totaling 940 kilos and originating from Nicaragua, according to UK authorities. | Photo: Courtesy of the National Crime Agency The shipment, valued at more than $100 million, was hidden among plantains. It departed from …