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Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice President Rosario Murillo attend a rally in Managua, Nicaragua, Sept. 5, 2018. (Credit: Alfredo Zuniga/AP.)

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Nicaraguan regime forbids door-to-door pastoral visits in Diocese of León

by Eduardo Campos Lima January 27, 2026

Egda Lee sets up an altar centered around a picture of the Virgin Mary which she carried with her when she crossed the U.S. border in 1984 pregnant with her son Neri Flores, as Nicaraguan parishioners of St. John Bosco Catholic Church celebrate the Dec. 8 feast of the Immaculate Conception, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Miami. (Credit: Rebecca Blackwell/AP.)

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Nicaraguans celebrate Virgin Mary in Miami despite fears at home and in US

by Giovanna Dell'Orto and Associated Press December 9, 2025

A woman prays during the Stations of the Cross in the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua, on March 17, 2023. (Credit: Inti Ocon/AP.)

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At Easter, Catholics can expect for more persecution from the Nicaraguan regime

by Eduardo Campos Lima April 17, 2025

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Religious freedom commission expresses ‘hope’ with Trump, cites Biden IRFA violation

by John Lavenburg March 26, 2025April 7, 2025

In this Sept. 5, 2018 file photo, Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua, Nicaragua. (Credit: Alfredo Zuniga/AP.)

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Radical changes to Nicaraguan Constitution are a blow to Catholic Church

by Eduardo Campos Lima November 29, 2024November 29, 2024

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. (Credit: Adalberto Roque/Associated Press.)

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Critics charge Nicaragua’s Ortega aims to ‘financially suffocate’ the Church

by Eduardo Campos Lima August 26, 2024August 26, 2024

Bishop Silvio Baez, auxiliary bishop of Managua, Nicaragua, waves to parishioners as he enters to perform Mass at St. Agatha Catholic Church, which has become the spiritual home of the growing Nicaraguan diaspora, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, in Miami. (Credit: Rebecca Blackwell/AP.)

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In Nicaragua, Ortega shuts down Matagalpa’s Caritas

by Eduardo Campos Lima August 15, 2024

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega, left, shakes hands with Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Brazil July 28, 2010. (Credit: Eraldo Peres/AP.)

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Brazil and Nicaragua cut ties over Ortega’s persecution of clergy

by Eduardo Campos Lima August 9, 2024

Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega poses for a photo during the ALBA Summit at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (Credit: Adalberto Roque/Pool Photo via AP.)

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Thirteen priests and religious Catholics detained in Nicaragua

by Eduardo Campos Lima August 6, 2024August 6, 2024

Radio Maria headquarters in Nicaragua. (Credit: Radio Maria.)

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Ortega’s regime cancels legal status of Catholic station in Nicaragua

by Eduardo Campos Lima July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

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