Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega's constitutional reforms, now approved, extend presidential control by formalizing the role of vice president as 'co-president' and enable unlimited vice president appointments.

(Reuters) - Constitutional reforms proposed by Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega to further consolidate power by extending his control over other parts of government won final approval on Thursday, after a unanimous vote.

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega has secured approval for constitutional reforms that expand his control over the government. While supporters argue these changes build on a long-standing revolutionary history,

Nicaragua’s government has expelled over 30 nuns from three convents in its latest assault on detractors, and their whereabouts are unknown, a researcher and exiled media reported on Wednesday. Martha Patricia Molina,

The new Constitution tailored by the presidential couple legitimizes the ‘volunteer police’ and gives the Sandinista flag equal status with the national one

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Monday launched the blueprints ... Every day it is more complicated to pass through Panama (...) Nicaragua is ready to contribute with this passage that will ...

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Thursday condemned Nicaragua for allowing President Daniel Ortega's re-election in 2011, despite a constitutional ban due to term limits.

At a swearing-in ceremony on Friday in the small northern city of Ocotal, national police chief Francisco Diaz described the new force as one that will support existing police officers, and is voluntarily formed by civilians who will "defend peace and security."

He was a popular TV journalist when elected as El Salvador’s first modern-day leftist leader in 2009, but he went into exile hounded by corruption charges.

Ten of the country’s 15 regions lack any type of journalists, who have been expelled, persecuted, or detained by the Ortega and Murillo regime

President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko has received congratulations from Nicaragua’s President Jose Daniel Ortega Saavedra and Vice

Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday