Nicaragua
Nicaragua seizes Jesuit university in latest clash between president and Catholic Church
In Nicaragua, last week, a judge ordered the seizure of the country’s most-important Jesuit university, the 63-year-old Central American University. It’s the latest in an ongoing government crackdown on the Catholic Church and church-affiliated institutions inside Nicaragua.
'I have to speak out': Nicaraguan ambassador resigns, denounces govt as dictatorship
US opens borders to fully vaccinated travelers from a list of countries
Nicaragua's Ortega leads in vote tally after jailing rivals
Investigation into Ethiopian conflict reports human rights violations by all sides
Pedro Molina's fight for fair elections in Nicaragua through cartoons
Nicaraguan political cartoonist Pedro X. Molina wants to see fair elections. Living in exile in Ithaca, New York, Molina fled Nicaragua during a government crackdown on the press in 2018. In his fight for democracy, he routinely draws the government of Daniel Ortega, posting cartoons online in Confidencial, an independent media outlet in Nicaragua.
Latin American and Caribbean countries use volcanic landscapes to tap geothermal energy
Global capacity for geothermal energy has nearly doubled over the past two decades.
Trump's use of the authoritarian playbook will have lasting consequences
Throughout his presidency, Donald Trump has exposed the fragility of democratic institutions, mirroring a global trend in authoritarianism. That will have a lasting effect on the US.
In the face of climate change, children must build resilience to cope with PTSD
Two hurricanes hit Central America back-to-back in November. Watching as your neighborhood gets ripped apart is a risk for developing depression and anxiety among young people.
Hurricane Iota lashes Central America; Trump considered Iran strike options; SpaceX Dragon docks at ISS
Hurricane Iota made landfall Monday in Nicaragua as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph. President Donald Trump reportedly asked his advisers last week for options to attack Iran’s main nuclear site but then decided not to take any action. And, the SpaceX Dragon capsule docked with the International Space Station (ISS) after a 27-hour completely automated journey.
The origin of Nicaraguan Sign Language tells us a lot about language creation
In the mid-1980s, linguists stumbled upon a kind of natural experiment on language creation — a sign language being used by deaf children in Managua that was only a few years old.
Court: Trump can end temporary legal status for 4 countries
The Trump administration can end humanitarian protections that have allowed hundreds of thousands of people from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan to remain in the United States, a divided appeals court ruled Monday.
Pandemic disrupts remittances, leaving immigrants' families without lifelines
In normal times, millions of small financial transactions take place daily worldwide when immigrants wire a portion of their earnings to loved ones back home. This year, the economic crisis is wrecking that cash flow.
Protests that rocked The World in 2019
Gas. Bread. A subway ticket: The soaring cost of everyday necessities sparked protests that spiraled into major movements in countries like France, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, Sudan and Chile. Throughout the world, citizens took to the streets in 2019 to rise up against inequality, corruption and bad governance.
Spies and the White House have a history of running wild without congressional oversight
For decades now, the evolving role of congressional oversight of US intelligence has involved major clashes and scandals, from the Iran-Contra affair of the 1980s to the intelligence abuses that led to the 2003 war in Iraq.