Redacción Confidencial

“Silent Sweep”: Ongoing Layoffs in Nicaragua’s Public Universities

“Silent Sweep”: Ongoing Layoffs in Nicaragua’s Public Universities

Ortega-aligned authorities are dismissing qualified staff and replacing them with “inexperienced but submissive teachers,” university workers warn

8 de August 2025

8 de August 2025

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Nicaragua’s New Law Grants Total Government Control Over Border Territories: What It Means

Nicaragua’s New Law Grants Total Government Control Over Border Territories: What It Means

A new “confiscatory” law converts a 15-kilometer border strip into state property, creating uncertainty about the ownership of real estate

5 de August 2025

5 de August 2025

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Police Capture Rodolfo Castillo “Payín,” No. 2 of Lenín Cerna

Police Capture Rodolfo Castillo “Payín,” No. 2 of Lenín Cerna

Retired Army Colonel and former DGSE officer was arrested on a stage at the Santo Domingo horse festival on August 1

2 de August 2025

2 de August 2025

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Five Years Later: Spanish Judge Charges Businessman with Homicide for Abandoning Nicaraguan Farmworker

Five Years Later: Spanish Judge Charges Businessman with Homicide for Abandoning Nicaraguan Farmworker

Eleazar Blandón worked picking watermelons at 44 degrees Celsius. He died after being abandoned at the doors of a health center.

2 de August 2025

2 de August 2025

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U.S. Judge Postpones TPS for Nicaragua, Honduras, and Nepal Until November

U.S. Judge Postpones TPS for Nicaragua, Honduras, and Nepal Until November

The judicial decision will benefit some 60,000 migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal. It will be effective until November 18, 2025.

31 de July 2025

31 de July 2025

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Police Raid Bayardo Arce’s House at Midnight and Take Him Into Custody

Police Raid Bayardo Arce’s House at Midnight and Take Him Into Custody

Dozens of police forcibly broke into Arce’s house at midnight on Wednesday, July 30, carrying out the codictators’ threat.

30 de July 2025

30 de July 2025

Daniel Ortega Claims Russian and Chinese Military Support in Case of “War”

Daniel Ortega Claims Russian and Chinese Military Support in Case of “War”

Dictatorship calls to “prepare for war” and defend peace, a few days after ordering “revolutionary vigilance” in Nicaragua

30 de July 2025

30 de July 2025

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Jinotepe Detainees Still Missing, Ortega Regime Hides Their Whereabouts

Jinotepe Detainees Still Missing, Ortega Regime Hides Their Whereabouts

Grenada prison officials deny information on Pastor Rudy Palacios and his family members, who are allegedly being held at the facility.

30 de July 2025

30 de July 2025

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Police Monitor Home and Offices of Bayardo Arce, Ortega’s Presidential Economic Adviser

Police Monitor Home and Offices of Bayardo Arce, Ortega’s Presidential Economic Adviser

The former member of the FSLN National Directorate was stripped of his security detail at his home, where he remains under police surveillance

28 de July 2025

28 de July 2025

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MEP Diana Riba: Samcam’s Murder Shows That “Insecurity Has Now Spread Beyond Nicaragua”

MEP Diana Riba: Samcam’s Murder Shows That “Insecurity Has Now Spread Beyond Nicaragua”

MEP Diana Riba meets with Nicaraguan refugees in San José: “We’re left with a very troubling impression,” she says

27 de July 2025

27 de July 2025