Nicaragua faces a widespread and intensifying political crackdown under President Daniel Ortega, as international organizations report that the persecution now extends beyond the country's borders.

Nicaraguan authorities said on Wednesday they were investigating Bayardo Arce, a long-time ally and economic adviser to President Daniel Ortega, and who was also one of the nine Sandinista commanders ...

Ortega has turned his brutal crackdown against critics into a form of interstate violence that also targets Nicaragua's neighbors and trade partners. The post Ortega's Transnational Assassinations ...