Nicaragua’s Sandinista-controlled National Assembly has approved criminal code changes that allow the government to try opponents in absentia and seize the assets of the condemned ...

Zoom in: The amendments sent Wednesday by Ortega to the National Assembly, which is controlled by his Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) party, also include making the president ...

The reform, consisting of dozens of constitutional amendments, was sent by Ortega to the government-controlled National Assembly on Nov. 20, and is almost sure to be approved.

Ortega has turned his brutal crackdown against critics into a form of interstate violence that also targets Nicaragua’s ...

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega proposed a constitutional reform to expand presidential powers over other branches of government, according to an official document seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega gestures to government supporters after attending the swearing-in ceremony of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for a third term at the National Assembly in ...

The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has released 222 political prisoners and put them on a flight to Washington, D.C., officials in both countries said Thursday.

A U.N.-backed panel on Thursday accused the Nicaraguan government, led by Socialist President Daniel Ortega, ... The report says Gustavo Porras, the head of the country’s National Assembly, ...

The Nicaraguan National Assembly on Thursday unanimously ratified the constitutional reforms proposed by current President Daniel Ortega.. Under Article 8 of the country’s new constitution, which now ...

The National Assembly still has to approve the order. However, President Ortega’s Sandinista National Liberation Front political party holds 75 out of the 90 seats, so it is expected to be approved.

A man walks past a mural of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega during general elections in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. ... This followed the National Assembly’s fast-track approval of a ...