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Priest condemns latest attack on Jesuit university in Nicaragua as 'cowardly'

May 31, 2018

By Mary Farrow

A mortar attack on a Jesuit university in Nicaragua last weekend resulted in no deaths or injuries, and has been... Read more

Daniel Ortega celebrates his re-inauguration as president of Nicaragua, Jan. 10, 2012.

Bishops urge Nicaraguan president to investigate violence against protestors

May 24, 2018

Nicaragua's bishops urged president Daniel Ortega Tuesday to comply with a recommendation that he investigate April's violence in order to... Read more

Protests in Granada, Nicaragua, April 29, 2018.

Church-mediated dialogue to overcome Nicaraguan crisis begins

May 16, 2018

Talks to overcome several weeks of anti-government protests and riots in Nicaragua which have been met harshly by security forces... Read more

Daniel Ortega celebrates his re-inauguration as president of Nicaragua, Jan. 10, 2012.

Dictatorship the underlying problem in Nicaragua riots, priest says

Apr 24, 2018

By Elise Harris, Hannah Brockhaus

As violent clashes continue between security forces and anti-government protestors in Nicaragua, an eye witness has said the country's underlying... Read more