U.S. Olympians Jessica Mendoza and Ruby Rojas traveled to Nicaragua today to participate in a week-long initiative to empower women and girls through sports. For the first time, the U.S. State Department—in partnership with USA Softball and the Nicaraguan Softball...

Opinion. If it’s January, it must be tax season. Many U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents of the U.S. (green card holders) move to another country and “forget” or choose not to file a tax return in the United States....

Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega last night offered his solidarity with the people of the United States and the families of the victims of last Friday’s mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, which took the lives of 20 children and seven adults....

The U.S. government is commending Nicaragua for its continued trade liberalization and integration into the global economy under the Sandinista government of President Daniel Ortega. During a statement delivered earlier this month in Geneva, Switzerland during the World Trade Organization’s...

The U.S. last week returned part of the moon to Nicaragua 30 years after former dictator Anastasio Somoza sold it off to a U.S. businessman. In a private ceremony on Nov. 16, NASA administrator Charles F. Bolden presented Nicaraguan Ambassador...

MANAGUA—One of the Clinton administration’s former top advisors on Latin America says he thinks the U.S. government doesn’t know what to do about Nicaragua. Since 2008, the U.S. has repeatedly expressed concerns over Nicaragua’s eroding democracy, and slashed bilateral aid...

News Analysis. Most Nicaraguans following today’s presidential election in the United States are pulling for incumbent candidate Barack Obama—and not just because the Sandinistas have a particularly strong urge to reelect politicians. According to a recent M&R Consultants poll, 51%...

(posted Nov. 5, 3:50 p.m.)- The U.S. government is expressing concern about Nicaragua’s municipal elections last Sunday, lamenting that the polling process did not demonstrate necessary levels of transparency to guarantee Nicaraguans or the international community that the process reflected...

Opinion. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya who was killed in Benghazi by an enraged mob of religious fanatics, gave his life for his country and in the pursuit of his profession. He became the latest U.S. diplomat killed...

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega today expressed his solidarity with the United States following yesterday’s attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya, which killed four U.S. diplomats, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. First Lady Rosario Murillo read the letter of condolence...