Ortega may have trouble solidifying his hold on power, as he won with only 38% of the vote. That was still 9 percentage points ahead of his nearest rival, U.S.-backed banker Eduardo Montealegre ...

When Daniel Ortega was Nicaragua’s President in the 1980s, he and his quasi-communist Sandinista regime turned the Central American nation into an economic basket case. Hyperinflation, massive ...

Mr Ortega’s brutality has exposed that bargain as morally bankrupt and politically unstable. The unrest since April has cost the economy $600m, about 4% of GDP, says José Adán Aguerri, the ...

In the past week, Mr. Ortega’s police have arrested two prominent people who were planning to run against him in Nicaragua’s next presidential election, scheduled for Nov. 7.

Biden's order and other steps announced Monday are perhaps the most aggressive attempt by the U.S. to hold the Ortega accountable for his continued attacks on human rights and democracy.

President Daniel Ortega, a former Sandinista guerrilla, and Rosario Murillo, his wife and vice-president, will do anything to stay in power. In 2018 they set thugs on protesters, killing at least 350.

At the same time, Nicaragua’s repression of the Catholic Church has intensified. This year alone, the Ortega-Murillo government has arrested several priests, expelled missionaries, shut down ...