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The Latest Breaking News from Nicaragua

Nicaragua’s Miss Universe emerges as symbol of defiance against Ortega regime

‘Nervous’ government has cracked down on celebrations for Sheynnis Palacios in country where ‘repression is absolute’

The Guardian - US

50% Of Nicaragua's Population Wants To Leave The Country, Finds Study

In the last five years, the percentage of Nicaraguans willing to move out of the country has increased from 35% to almost 50%.

Latin Times

A new study says about half of Nicaragua's population wants to emigrate

A new study says that about half of Nicaragua's population of 6.2 million want to leave their homeland because of a mix of economic decline and repression from President Daniel Ortega's government

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Brickbat: You Can't Go Home Again

The Nicaraguan government has barred Karen Celebertti, the director of the Miss Nicaragua beauty pageant, from re-entering the country. Following the victory of Miss Nicaragua Sheyniss Palacios in the Miss Universe pageant, photos of Palacios attending a 2018 anti-government rally went viral and she has become a symbol of the…

Reason

Nicaragua Bars Pageant Head After Ortega Critic Wins Miss Universe: Media

Nicaraguan authorities have barred the director of the national beauty pageant from re-entering the country after a Nicaraguan woman seen as a symbol of opposition to the Ortega government was crowned Miss Universe, media reports and exiled opposition members said.

International Business Times

A Surge In Migrant Charter On Mexican Airline Flights to Nicaragua Triggers US Sanctions

Several Cuban migrants said that they had traveled with Viva Aerobus on flights chartered by small travel agencies.

Latin Times

Booming Migrant Charter Flights To Nicaragua Prompt US Crackdown

Cuban and Haitian migrants are increasingly taking chartered flights to Nicaragua from where they seek to travel overland to the United States, prompting Washington to impose sanctions this week on the operators of the aircraft.

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As Texas tries to end federal “parole” program for some immigrants, a Nicaraguan waits to see if he can stay

A Texas judge will decide the fate of a Biden administration program that allows people from four countries to live and work in the U.S. for up to two years. A man who sponsored his friend for the program has fought to save it.

The Texas Tribune

US calls Nicaragua's decision to leave Organization of American States a 'step away from democracy'

The U_S_ State Department is calling Nicaragua's formal withdrawal from the Organization of American States “another step away from Democracy.”

The Independent UK

Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios wins Miss Universe crown

Miss Nicaragua, Sheynnis Palacios, has won the Miss Universe competition in El Salvador, the first to wear the crown from her country

The Independent UK

All about Nicaragua's Sheynnis Palacios, Miss Universe 2023

Sheynnis Palacios from Nicaragua, who was crowned Miss Universe 2023 is the first Nicaraguan to earn the title. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

How U.S. war crimes led us here

Israeli forces are emulating what the U.S. did in Mosul, Fallujah and elsewhere. But it's harder to hide

Salon

Nicaragua’s exiled clergy and faithful in Miami keep up struggle for human rights at Mass

For the auxiliary bishop of Managua, fellow priests and many in the pews who have had to flee or were exiled from Nicaragua recently, the Sunday afternoon Mass at a Miami parish is not only a way to find solace in community

The Independent UK

Human traffickers offer ‘VIP route’ from Venezuela to avoid Darién perils. It’s just as dangerous

Coyotes claim route is ‘100% safe’, but dozens have died and Colombian coast guard have rescued more than 1,000 people

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Haiti bans charter flights to Nicaragua in blow to migrants fleeing poverty and violence

Haiti’s government has banned all charter flights to Nicaragua that migrants fleeing poverty and violence had been increasingly using in their quest to reach the United States

The Conversation

Darien Gap: As migrants take deadly risks for better lives, Canada and the U.S. must do much more

Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller recently announced that as many as 15,000 displaced people with extended family connections in Canada — most of them from Colombia, Haiti and Venezuela and located in Central or South America or the Caribbean — are now eligible to apply to immigrate to Canada on…

The Independent UK

Nicaragua is weaponizing US-bound migrants as Haitians pour in on charter flights, observers say

Flight data shows that more than 260 charter flights believed to be carrying migrants from Haiti have touched down in Nicaragua in recent months

The Independent UK

Central America scrambles as the international community fails to find solution to record migration

Panama and Costa Rica have set up a bus system to speed the flow of migrants from the Darien Gap to Costa Rica’s border with Nicaragua

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Al Jazeera

Nicaragua releases 12 Catholic priests and sends them to Rome

The priests were arrested as part of an ongoing crackdown on the Catholic Church following mass protests in 2018.

The Independent UK

Nicaragua releases 12 Catholic priests and sends them to Rome following agreement with the Vatican

Nicaragua has released 12 Roman Catholic priests jailed on a variety of charges and sent them to Italy following an agreement reached with the Vatican

WEKU

I returned to Nicaragua, where I was born, and found a country steeped in fear

NPR's Eyder Peralta recently visited Nicaragua for the first time in a decade, gaining rare access to a nation that is hostile to journalists and known as the Western Hemisphere's newest dictatorship.

The Independent UK

UN says Nicaragua's human rights violations and persecution of dissidents are on the rise

Nicaragua has increased human rights violations and persecution of the opposition as it ratchets up its efforts to stifle dissent, a United Nations group of experts monitoring the country says

Reason

My New "The Hill" Article on Dubious Lawsuit Challenging Immigration Parole Program for Migrants Fleeing Socialism, Oppression, and Violence in Four Latin American Nations

The case was filed by 20 red states seeking to dismantle the CNVH program extending the successful Uniting for Ukraine policy to migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Haiti.

The Independent UK

Alumni grieve for Jesuit-run university seized by Nicaraguan government that transformed their lives

The government of President Daniel Ortega described the Jesuit-run University of Central America in Nicaragua as a “center of terrorism” and seized its property, buildings and bank accounts on August 16

The Independent UK

Woman given ibuprofen after breaking back on holiday forced to pay £30,000 for surgery

Exclusive: Amie Coltman was travelling in a tuktuk in Nicaragua when she was flung from the seat and into the road

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