TEHRAN, December 23 -Nicaraguan police raided the offices of a major broadcaster and arrested its director late on Friday, family members and co-workers said, in the latest crackdown on critics of President Daniel Ortega ’s increasingly authoritarian government.
TEHRAN, July 30 - Humberto Ortega , the former head of Nicaragua's military, has urged his brother, President Daniel Ortega , to disband the pro-government paramilitary forces blamed for deadly violence in months of unrest.
TEHRAN, July 29 - Thousands of Nicaraguans marched through their capital on Saturday in a show of support for the country's bishops whom President Daniel Ortega has accused of aiding an attempted "coup" against him.
TEHRAN, July 14 -Shops were shuttered and public transport grounded in Managua on Friday as part of a 24-hour general strike to heap pressure on President Daniel Ortega after months of unrest.
TEHRAN, July 08 -Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega on Saturday ruled out early elections as demanded by opposition protesters in the country where more than 220 have died in unrest since April.
TEHRAN, June 25 -Lesther Aleman, a lanky and bespectacled 20-year-old student, had never taken part in a protest until April when he became the public face of a revolt that has shaken the rule of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega .
TEHRAN, June 16 -The Nicaraguan government and civic groups on Friday agreed to halt all violence, in a major step to end two months of political unrest that has left 170 dead and rocked the government of President Daniel Ortega .
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega endorsed Tuesday a route chosen by a Chinese firm commissioned to dig a 40 billion dollar canal linking the Caribbean and the Pacific.