The US begins to apply visa restrictions on charter airlines

The US begins to apply visa restrictions on charter airlines

The United States has begun to apply visa restrictions to charter airline executives, in response to the “facilitation” of irregular migration to its territory. According to a statement of the State Department of March 11, 2024, these sanctions arise due to the increase in flights to Nicaragua, which apparently transport a significant number of irregular … Read more

Nicaragua’s trade deficit increased by 2.5% in 2023 – 2024-02-24 17:36:54

Nicaragua’s trade deficit increased by 2.5% in 2023
 – 2024-02-24 17:36:54

Daniel Ortega, dictator of Nicaragua. Nicaragua closed 2023 with a deficit in its trade balance of 2,454.2 million dollars, 2.5% more than that registered a year earlier, the Banco Central of the Central American country. The trade deficit in merchandise and free zone goods accumulated between January and December 2023 was higher by 60.4 million … Read more

The US issues more visa restrictions to flight operators to Nicaragua – 2024-02-23 21:35:41

The US issues more visa restrictions to flight operators to Nicaragua
 – 2024-02-23 21:35:41

The United States government implemented a new round of visa restrictions against charter flight operators who continue to travel to Nicaragua, this to transport potential migrants from countries such as Cuba and Haiti. The spokesperson for the Department of State (DOE), Matthew Miller, indicated that the owners, executives and senior officials of several charter flight … Read more

Rubén Darío National Theater Celebrates Literary Modernism in Gala Event

Rubén Darío National Theater Celebrates Literary Modernism in Gala Event

The main hall of the Rubén Darío National Theater was dressed up this Thursday night to remember the prince of Castilian letters and the highest representative of literary modernism in the Spanish language. The director of the most important cultural institution in Nicaragua, Ramón Rodríguez, said that every year the National Theater remembers Darío with … Read more

Nicaragua excommunicates Bishop Alvarez and 14 priests to Rome

Nicaragua excommunicates Bishop Alvarez and 14 priests to Rome

(EFE).- A group of Nicaraguan priests who were in prison in Nicaragua were released this Sunday and sent to the Vatican, among them, according to local media, Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who was sentenced in February 2023 to 26 years and four months for crimes considered treason. “The Ortega-Murillos want to leave Nicaragua without priests. Another … Read more

Nicaragua Emerges as Popular Springboard for Migrants Traveling to the US and Canada in December 2023

Nicaragua Emerges as Popular Springboard for Migrants Traveling to the US and Canada in December 2023

EPAMigrants walk towards the Mexico-US border in late December 2023. NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 19:40 Eva de Vries Foreign editor Eva de Vries Foreign editor More and more migrants are using Nicaragua as a springboard for their journey to the United States and Canada. In 2023, tens of thousands of people from India, Afghanistan and Senegal, among … Read more

The Pope expresses his concern over the arrest of at least 16 priests in Nicaragua

The Pope expresses his concern over the arrest of at least 16 priests in Nicaragua

(EFE).- Pope Francis today expressed his “concern” about the detention of Catholic priests in Nicaragua by President Daniel Ortega and asked that “the path of dialogue always be sought” to overcome the problems. “I follow with concern everything that is happening in Nicaragua, where bishops and priests have been deprived of their freedom. I convey … Read more

They denounce the arrest of 5 other Nicaraguan priests and there are already 15 arrested

They denounce the arrest of 5 other Nicaraguan priests and there are already 15 arrested

Five other priests from the Archdiocese of Managua were detained in the last few hours by the Nicaraguan Police, bringing the total number of religious imprisoned in the country to 15, including two bishops, the auxiliary bishop of Managua denounced this Saturday. Silvio Baezand the exiled lawyer and researcher Martha Patricia Molina. The Nicaraguan priests … Read more

Nicaragua and China Sign $430 Million Loan for Airport and Gas Terminal

Nicaragua and China Sign $430 Million Loan for Airport and Gas Terminal

Text size Nicaragua and China signed a loan equivalent to about $430 million on Thursday for the construction of an international airport and a liquefied gas terminal, officials reported. The agreement comes as part of a “strategic partnership” announced this week after a telephone conversation between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Nicaraguan counterpart, Daniel … Read more

Red Cross ends humanitarian mission in Nicaragua at the request of the Government

Red Cross ends humanitarian mission in Nicaragua at the request of the Government

He International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced this Monday that it will abandon its humanitarian mission in Managua at the direct request of the Government of Nicaragua. Since 2018, the Red Cross arrived in Nicaragua, where its mission focused on exclusively humanitarian objectives, it explained in a statement. Read also: Vatican approves blessings … Read more