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Nicaragua to begin yellow fever vaccination campaign
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 18, 2025
Immunization against the disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito will be administered in each municipality according to a vaccination schedule, according to a MINSA statement. According to the report, workers at border crossings, tourist...
Men’s national basketball team pounds host Nicaragua twice in prep for FIBA AmericaCup
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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August 18, 2025
Coach Lourawls “Tum Tum” Nairn gives some instructions to the men’s national basketball team in Nicaragua. By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net IN preparation for the 2025 FIBA AmericaCup, the men’s national basketball team...
Dominican Republic plays Puerto Rico to prepare for Americas Cup in Nicaragua
DR1
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As a final preparation for the Americas Basketball Cup, the Dominican Republic played Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The AmeriCup 2025 will be held 22 to 31 August in Managua, Nicaragua. The DR team is coached by Argentinean Néstor “Che”...
Nicaraguan entrepreneur opens Ana’s Boutique
The North West Iowa Review
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August 16, 2025
SHELDON—Ana’s Boutique, a Latina-owned store, has opened its doors in downtown Sheldon. Damaris Anareth Acuna had noticed members of Lluvia de Gracias, her church in Sheldon, did not have a nearby place to purchase the clothes they needed. “There...
Nicaragua revokes Momotombo geothermal concession over money laundering charges
ThinkGeoEnergy
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August 15, 2025
Momotombo plant in Nicaragua (source: Ormat) Nicaragua national agencies have cancelled the contract for exploitation of the Momotombo geothermal power plant, citing involvement in illegal operations. Editors Note: We recognize the complicated...
Nicaragua arrests retired general and son over alleged money laundering scheme
Tico Times
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August 15, 2025
The Nicaraguan government on Thursday accused a retired general, once an ally of President Daniel Ortega, and his son of using shell companies to launder money through the operation of a geothermal plant. Retired military officer and former...
“My Future Is Not in Nicaragua”
Havana Times
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August 16, 2025
Thousands have their documents apostilled in case they have to leave. Nicaraguans line up to have their documents apostilled at the Foreign Ministry in Managua, in February 2025. // Photo | Taken from La Primerísima radio station “We must be ready...
Nicaraguan dictatorship confiscates Catholic school: ‘An outrage against religious freedom’
Catholic News Agency
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August 15, 2025
ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 15, 2025 / 14:03 pm The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his wife and “co-president” Rosario Murillo in Nicaragua on Aug. 12 confiscated the iconic San José Catholic School in Jinotepe, accusing the school of having been a...
Nicaraguan dictatorship attacks the Church once again and expropriates school owned by nuns
Zenit
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August 15, 2025
(ZENIT News / Managua, 08.15.2025).- The seizure of the San José boarding school in Jinotepe, once a hallmark of Catholic education in Nicaragua’s Carazo region, is not an isolated event—it is the latest in a methodical dismantling of the Church’s...
Nicaraguan governor seizes Catholic school amid claims it is site of past crimes
OSV News
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August 14, 2025
(OSV News) — Nicaragua’s ruling Sandinista regime has seized a prominent Catholic school, claiming without proof that it had operated a “torture” center during past protests and renaming the education facility for a slain partisan. The Colegio San...
Team Bahamas Dominates Scrimmage Against Nicaragua
Our News Bahamas
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August 15, 2025
Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement NICARAGUA – It was a travel day for most of the players on the roster, but once Team Bahamas hit the court in Nicaragua it quickly turned into a business trip. The men’s senior...
Nicaraguan government seizes school run by Josephine Sisters
Vatican News
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August 14, 2025
The Nicaraguan government confiscates the San José School run by the Josephine Sisters, accusing it of being the site of past crimes. The move has drawn a sharp reaction from the U.S. State Department. By Vatican News The Nicaraguan government,...
Twenty Dissidents Abducted in Nicaragua
Havana Times
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August 15, 2025
In the departments of Carazo, Masaya, Granada, and Rivas View of police patrols with riot gear during a raid in Managua. // Photo: Archive Among those illegally detained are former political prisoners, returned exiles, artists, businesspeople, and...
Illegal immigrant charged with DUI after crashing into fence, leaving scene: PCSO
FOX 13 Tampa Bay - Florida
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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - A Nicaraguan man in the U.S. illegally is facing serious charges after Polk County deputies say he crashed into a fenced yard while drunk, then walked away from the scene. The backstory: According to the Polk County Sheriff's...
Men’s national basketball team knocks off Nicaragua 95-56 in blowout exhibition in Nicaragua
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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August 15, 2025
EXHIBITION WIN: Dominic Bridgewater is greeted by his team-mates after The Bahamas men’s national basketball team knocked off Nicaragua 95-56 in a blowout exhibition game last night in Managua, Nicaragua. Team Bahamas, coached by Lourawls “Tum...
Filmmaker Henry Alexander Kelly Signs With M88
Deadline
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August 18, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: M88 has signed Nicaraguan-American writer, director, and actor Henry Alexander Kelly for management. Currently, Kelly’s video game-inspired short comedy Chuck and Fern is on the festival circuit after winning Best Film at the 2024 ESI:...
Exiled priest calls Nicaraguan governor seizures of Catholic school ’theft’
The Catholic Register
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August 14, 2025
Nicaragua's ruling Sandinista regime has seized a prominent Catholic school, claiming without proof that it had operated a "torture" centre during past protests and renaming the education facility for a slain partisan. The Colegio San José de...
August 14, 1912: U.S. Marines Invade Nicaragua to Support U.S.-Backed Government
Alabama Gazette
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August 14, 2025
On August 14, 1912, United States Marines landed in Nicaragua, marking the beginning of a prolonged military occupation that would last, in various forms, until 1933. The intervention was part of a broader series of U.S. military actions in Latin...
Nicaragua’s New “Super” Prosecutor’s Office
Havana Times
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August 12, 2025
Illustration by Confidencial The Attorney General’s Office has shifted from being the “State’s lawyer” to a repressive arm used to confiscate, spy on, and dismiss. With its powers greatly expanded, its new role will also include bringing formal...
DHS Terminates Temporary Protected Status for Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua
JD Supra - California
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August 14, 2025
The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on June 6, 2025 the termination of the designation of Nepal for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), after determining that the conditions in Nepal no longer support a TPS...