U.S. warplanes struck Iran’s nuclear sites in a dramatic escalation—just the latest in a long, bloody pattern. From proxy ...

Violeta Chamorro, who has died aged 95, was the first female president elected in the Americas. A conciliatory figure, she ...

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, the first female president of Nicaragua, died early Saturday morning in Costa Rica at the age of 95, her family announced in a statement. Read more at straitstimes.com.

That conflict made Nicaragua one of the big proxy battlegrounds of the Cold ... she defeated Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista guerrilla leader and icon who is now president again. Ortega has been in ...

A damning classified document has been uncovered that reveals how the CIA plans out and set off riots like the ones in Los Angeles .

The revised constitution defines Nicaragua as a "revolutionary" and socialist state and includes the red-and-black flag of the FSLN -- a guerrilla group turned political party that overthrew a US ...

When Carter came to office, Nicaragua was already mired in conflict. Somoza’s rule was being challenged by a Marxist guerrilla group supported by Cuba, the Sandinista National Liberation Front.

The ruling couple are former Marxist-Leninist guerrillas who helped topple a family-run dictatorship in 1979. Mr Ortega ruled until 1990, when he lost an election.

Lawmakers in Nicaragua endorsed the constitutional reform which would expand presidential terms and promote Daniel Ortega's wife Rosario Murillo to a co-president.

A rising number of travelers are discovering this Central American country’s year-round surfing, quaint villages, and new hotels.

Nicaragua bans 1,500 NGOs in latest crackdown against civil society The move is part of a crackdown against groups viewed as hostile to President Daniel Ortega.