Nicaragua

Roman Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez is the most important democratic resistance symbol left in Nicaragua. Will the Ortega dictatorship expel the Church to block him?

COMMENTARY Cuban baseball today seems a reminder of the island's massive youth exodus — which ought to make it a handy showcase of what Cuban exiles protest.

South Florida's Nicaraguan diaspora is not as well equipped as others to handle the rush of refugees escaping the Ortega dictatorship — and needs a hand.

The Nicaraguan diaspora here isn't as large, organized or affluent as groups like Cubans — and needs help sponsoring migrants applying for the new U.S. parole.

On this episode of The South Florida Roundup, we looked into the fire that started at the Covanta waste incinerator plant in Doral two weeks ago and the county’s trash problem (01:10), the walkout that college students in South Florida staged to protest Gov. DeSantis’ plans to block race and diversity programs (20:07), and U.S.’s relationship with Nicaragua in the face of the release of hundreds of prisoners (37:45).

Former Nicaraguan presidential candidate and political prisoner Félix Maradiaga recently returned to exile in Miami after being released by the Ortega dictatorship. He spoke to WLRN's Tim Padgett about his 'torture' behind bars, the reunion with his family and his renewed resolve to fight.

MIAMI (AP) — Constant fear. Threats. Screams. Darkness. Cells measuring six feet by nine (2 by 3 meters), with a hole in the floor for a toilet. Nicaraguan opposition prisoners recounted last week the months —and sometimes years — they spent in the notorious prisons run by the regime of President Daniel Ortega.

Nicaraguan opposition leader Félix Maradiaga spent 20 months in prison for challenging dictator Daniel Ortega. He's 'even more resolved' to see democracy restored.

Shortly after putting the former prisoners on a plane to Washington, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government voted to strip them of Nicaraguan citizenship.

A senior Biden administration official says 222 inmates considered by many as political prisoners of the government of President Daniel Ortega are on their way to Washington.

Twenty states with GOP attorneys general are suing the Biden administration over a major change in immigration policy.

South Florida's Haitian-American Congresswoman Cherfilus-McCormick tells WLRN how President Biden’s humanitarian parole program impacts Haitians, migrants and asylum seekers — while families discuss the stress of going through it.