Nicaragua, El Salvador and Mauricio Funes

Mauricio Funes, former Salvadoran president, dies in Nicaragua
Former Salvadoran president, Mauricio Funes, died late on Tuesday in Nicaragua, where the leftist leader had been living since 2016 to avoid corruption charges in his home country. He was 65. Nicaraguan authorities confirmed the death of Funes,
Former El Salvador president Mauricio Funes dies in exile in Nicaragua
El Salvador's former president, Mauricio Funes, who came into politics after a career as a whistleblowing journalist, died Tuesday night in Nicaragua at the age of 65.
Ex-Salvadoran leader Mauricio Funes dies in Nicaragua
Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday. He was 65.
Mauricio Funes: A Life Behind Borders
Mauricio Funes, former El Salvador President, died in Nicaragua at 65. Having governed El Salvador from 2009-2014, he spent his later years in Nicaragua to avoid corruption charges back home. Granted citizenship by Daniel Ortega,
Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes dies in exile in Nicaragua at age 65
Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday. He was 65.Nicaragua’s Health Ministry said in a statement that Funes had died of a serious chronic illness.
Mauricio Funes: Journalist Turned El Salvador President
El Salvador's ex-president Mauricio Funes died Tuesday at the age of 65 in Nicaragua, where he fled two years after leaving office and gained asylum following accusations of corruption in his country.
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Nicaraguan dictatorship confiscates seminary in Matagalpa
According to a Nicaraguan news outlet, at the time of the confiscation there were at least 30 students in formation at the St ...
Sanction Nicaragua’s Textiles and Apparel? Easier Said Than Done.
The United States wants to punish the Ortega-Murillo regime for engaging in "repressive and persistent" attacks on the rule ...
Nicaragua Launches 'Volunteer' Police Force That Critics Fear Will Be Paramilitary
At a swearing-in ceremony on Friday in the small northern city of Ocotal, national police chief Francisco Diaz described the ...
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UN Committee Said Ecuador, Nicaragua Violated Girls’ Rights
On Monday, the United Nations Human Rights Committee issued historic decisions finding that Ecuador and Nicaragua violated ...
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Repression in Nicaragua on the rise
who track the web profiles of Ortega's “haters” in each of Nicaragua's 153 municipalities. “They came to my house and even took pictures of me”, assured an agronomist engineer who suffered ...
Reason11d
Nicaragua's Regime Wages War on Religious Freedom
Nicaragua has become one of the 20 most dangerous countries in the world for Christians, according to the International Christian Concern's (ICC) Global Religious Persecution Index. The regime's ...
Migrant and Laredo nonprofit comment on the end of CBP One
With just a day in office, President Trump cracked down on immigration by bringing the CBP One app to a halt. The app allowed ...
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Nicaragua opens the door for Russian troops to land in Central America
Nicaragua's regime has reportedly greenlighted the entry of Russian forces into the Central American country, according to a Russian state TV broadcast. “It is time for Russia to deploy ...