Like a ghost from the past, a constitutional reform measure that Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega promoted in 2005 to transfer greater government powers to the legislature could now come back to haunt ...

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 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 ...

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 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.

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 proposal was sent to the National Assembly on Tuesday and is expected to be debated and approved quickly. Since 2018, the government of Ortega has led a crackdown on political opponents ...

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 ...

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.