Gold mining has exploded in Nicaragua over the past few years, bringing in billions of dollars and becoming the country’s top export, surpassing even coffee and beef. International sanctions against ...

Nicaraguan priest Father Nils de Jesús Hernández serves a parish in Iowa where he ministers to the Hispanic community and ...

Indigenous women of childbearing age from Nicaragua’s Waspam municipality have been exposed to toxic levels of mercury, ...

In December 2024, the Holy Father Francis expressed his closeness to the Nicaraguan people, reminding them that “the Mother of God does not cease to intercede for you, and we do not cease to ask Jesus ...

Maarit Kohonen Sheriff, director of the U.N. Human Rights Office’s Division of Global Operations, said the human rights situation in Nicaragua has significantly deteriorated over the past year. File ...