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Judge extends protected status Trump administration had ended for 60,000 migrants
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in California extended on Thursday temporary protected status for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem...
The Strength of Peace: Nicaragua Celebrates its 46th Anniversary of July 19, 1979
This year was different from celebrations since 2021 when there were perhaps 5,000 people invited – this year there were about 50,000! It took place in the Plaza de la Fe where the July 19th celebrations were held for years and years with open...

Nicaragua registered economic growth in May
According to the financial institution, the accumulated variation for the January-May period was 2,9%, and the average annual growth was 2,4%. In the seasonally adjusted IMAE series, growth of 0,4% was observed compared to the previous month and...

Nicaraguan Police Abduct Eight, Their Whereabouts Unknown
Olga María Lara Rojas, Rudy Palacios Vargas, and Jéssica Palacios Vargas are three of those detained in Carazo on July 19, 2025. // Photos: Courtesy | Collage: CONFIDENCIAL Their families were advised to report them at Police headquarters in...
Nicaraguan press highlights visit of Cuban deputy PM
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 21 (ACN) Sandinista media outlets highlighted the presence in Nicaragua of Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Jorge Luis Tapia at the main event commemorating the 46th anniversary of the triumph of the Revolution, celebrated on...

Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for 60,000 from Central America and Nepal
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge ruled on Thursday against the Trump administration’s plans and extended Temporary Protected Status for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua. Temporary...

Huge Open-Pit Mining Concessions Granted in Nicaragua
A total of 121,000 hectares to a company “close” to the regime Machinery working at an open-pit mine in Nicaragua. Photo: Taken from IP Global Group is an unknown player in the mining business and doesn’t even “appear in Nicaragua’s gold export...

Trump Tariff Shake-Up: Full country-wise list with revised rates
The White House has released the revised tariff rates on imports from 68 countries and the 27-member European Union, with these new tariffs scheduled to come into effect on August 7, 2025. This gives US customs and border officials time to prepare...
‘Utterly terrifying’: Vt. school superintendent says he was interrogated for hours upon return from Nicaragua
The superintendent of a Vermont public school system says federal authorities detained and interrogated him for hours at a Houston airport this week after returning to the United States from Nicaragua. Wilmer Chavarría, 36, said he was whisked...

Judge extends TPS expiration dates for 60,000 people from Central America and Nepal
SAN FRANCISCO — (AP) — A federal judge in California extended on Thursday protected status for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia that was ended by the Trump administration. The order affects about 7,000 people from Nepal along with...

US imposes 19% tariff on Pakistan, giving concession compared to India
WASHINGTON – The United States has imposed a 19 percent retaliatory tariff on Pakistani products, giving Islamabad a notable concession compared to India, which has been hit with 25% tariff. According to the White House, under the Trump...

Linking trade and geopolitics will hurt US more than India
The India-US trade deal is no longer in the domain of bilateral economic engagement alone. US President Donald Trump has pushed it into the realm of geopolitics. In his characteristic communication through social media, Trump has slapped a 25 per...

Nicaragua celebrates the 46th anniversary of the Popular Sandinista Revolution
Managua, July 20 (RHC)-- Hundreds of thousands gathered in Plaza de la Fe, in Managua, to attend the main ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the emancipation process that overthrew the Somoza dictatorship, which ruled Nicaragua from 1936 to...

Mineros Announces Initial Mineral Resource Estimate for the Guillermina Deposit at its Hemco Property, Nicaragua
MEDELLIN, Colombia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 24, 2025-- Mineros S.A. (TSX:MSA, MINEROS:CB) (“ Mineros ” or the “ Company” ) is pleased to report an initial Mineral Resource estimate on Guillermina, a polymetallic vein system associated with...

Nicaragua: Ortega Orders Greater Snitching on Neighbors
to capture and prosecute the “terrorists” and “conspirators” Daniel Ortega during the July 19, 2025 ceremony. // Photo: CCC The dictator threatened the “traitors,” showered praise on China and Russia, and reiterated that the United Nations must be...
Driver's license services resume for TPS holders from Haiti, Honduras and Nicaragua
Following recent federal judge rulings, Florida is once again processing driver licenses and state ID cards for eligible Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, recipients from Haiti, Honduras, and Nicaragua. TPS holders from Honduras and Nicaragua...
Telica volcano (Nicaragua) - Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report for 16 July-22 July 2025 (New Activity / Unrest)
Wed, 23 Jul 2025, 14:00 | BY: VN The Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) reported that during 18-20 July ash plumes from Telica were identified in satellite images and/or webcam images drifting as far as 13 km SW and W at an altitude of...

Nicaragua Commemorates 46th Years of Sandinist Revolution
Rosario Murillo (C) delivers her speech. Photo: X/ @Canal4Ni July 19, 2025 Hour: 10:37 pm Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the Plaza de la Fe in Managua to commemorate the anniversary of the revolutionary process that overthrew the...

The Struggle of Three Nicaraguans to Graduate in Exile
after being expelled from universities in their country More than a hundred students were expelled from UNAN–Managua for participating in the 2018 protests. Many were in the final years of their degree programs. Illustration: CONFIDENCIAL Resuming...

Biden Judge Blocks Trump Admin From Terminating Deportation Protections For Thousands Of Migrants
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from ending deportation protections for tens of thousands of migrants from Central America and Asia. Judge Trina Thompson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...