Nicaragua once again bans Holy Week processions

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 15, 2025 / 15:28 pm The dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega and his “co-president” and wife, Rosario Murillo, in Nicaragua has banned, for the third consecutive year, street processions in the country, where the Catholic …

Bonar Bridge coffee morning gives £400 boost to project supporting schools on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua

A coffee morning held at Bonar Bridge Community Hall last Friday, April 11 raised just over £440 for the Ometepe Project. Carolyn with Michele Easom, chairperson of the hall committee, and Sheila Thomson, who helped with the event.The project supports …

Nicaragua seeks to attract Vietnamese tourists

Immigration Officials Terminate Parole Program for Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela: 5 Essential Steps for ...

The Trump administration recently announced it would terminate the humanitarian parole program affecting approximately 532,000 nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela who currently hold work authorization in the U.S. – and employers must act …

Judea Easter Performances Cancelled in Nicaragua

Under ‘Orders from Above’ Nicaraguan actors perform a passage from the Passion of Jesus Christ during a Judea in the Monimbó neighborhood of Masaya, on April 11, 2022. // Photo: Taken from El 19 Digital Mayor’s offices and the Institutes of Tourism …

Nicaragua cracks down further on church during Holy Week

1 (OSV News) — Police and paramilitaries maintained a heavy presence outside the Nicaraguan Managua cathedral on Palm Sunday, ensuring celebrations occurred entirely on church property — and sending a not-so-subtle message of intimidation. Inside the …

Nicaragua accused of intensifying crackdown on Catholic Church

Daniel Ortega (OSV News/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria, Reuters) Preparations for popular, often daylong Lent and Holy Week processions are underway across Latin America — but not in Nicaragua. Source: NCR Online. They’ve been largely banned for a second …

Nicaragua intensifies crackdown on Catholic Church, exiles and human rights advocates say

Preparations for popular, often daylong Lent and Holy Week processions are underway across Latin America — but not in Nicaragua. They've been largely banned for a second year, one of many concerns for the faithful in a country that human rights …

Nicaragua on alert in the face of measles outbreak in the Americas

Nicaragua is on alert due to the rise in measles cases across the Americas, prompting the Ministry of Health (Minsa) to announce an action plan to address the disease. In a statement, the health ministry of this Central American nation said that an …

Nicaragua’s crackdown on Catholic Church is worsening

AP: Preparations for popular, often daylong Lent and Holy Week processions are underway across Latin America — but not in Nicaragua. They’ve been largely banned for a second year, one of many concerns for the faithful in a country that human rights …