The Nicaraguan stateless person is a multidimensional individual. Not only do they suffer the harshness and consequences of repression and the difficulty and precariousness of survival in exile and banishment. They are also a hero of human resistance and an example of the capacity to adapt to unfamiliar (sometimes even hostile) environments
Sandinista Regime Aligns With China on Military Threats Against Taiwan
Ortega and Murillo describe the action of their current allies as “punitive” and “deterrent” against “secessionist forces,” despite having been close to Taipei until 2021
What Is De Facto Statelessness? Nicaragua’s Silent Policy Leaving Hundreds in Legal Limbo
Denials of entry to their own country, refusal of passports, national ID cards, and birth certificates. This is the “civil death” experienced by Nicaragua’s de facto stateless people
CSCEC, the Chinese construction giant expanding Sandino Airport, has a controversial track record in Latin America
In Latin America, its subsidiary China Construction America is better known. In Panama, it formed a consortium with a local company for the construction of a project that faced more than 2,500 reported defects and was subject to an embargo due to overdue payments
Nicaragua’s Coffee Harvest at Risk as Cisa Exportadora’s Abandoned Assets Weigh on 2025–2026 Production
The shortage of coffee pickers and a drop in plantation productivity threaten to reduce the 2025–2026 harvest, whose official target exceeds 3 million quintals
Government Grants New Mining Rights to Little-Known Chinese Company in Nicaragua
Its recipient is Xiajng Mining Group Sociedad Anónima, which has been granted rights over 13,350 hectares. The regime has handed over more than 6.38 percent of the country’s territory to Chinese companies
Two Years After the Hamas Attack, an Israeli Soldier Remembers Her Fallen Comrades: “I Want to Make Sure They are not Forgotten”
On October 7, 2023, Hamas militants killed 16 unarmed female surveillance soldiers from Israel’s Unit 414 at the Nahal Oz base, just one kilometer from the Gaza border—an attack that left deep scars on those who survived.
Eager to get respect for their own regime´s «sovereignty», Nicaragua´s Ortega and Murillo kowtow to China
The Nicaraguan administration has self-isolated from the international community to avoid being held accountable for its human rights violations.
U.S. imposes new tariffs on Nicaragua starting January 2026, but avoids changing DR-Cafta terms
The products protected by DR-Cafta, such as coffee and beef—sensitive for Nicaragua and which would have had a harsh impact on the economy and the Ortega dictatorship—are not being affected
Two pro-immigrant organizations resist and support the Latino community in Pittsburgh
Latino Community Center (LCC) and Casa San José not only accompany immigrants, they are also building models of community strength