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“Information Blackout” Cloaks Nicaragua in Silence
Journalists cover former presidential candidate Cristiana Chamorro’s 2021 announcement in Managua. She was arrested, her organization was shut down, and many of the participating journalists were prosecuted. Image: José Mendieta / IPS Por Jose...

Priest Who Was Attacked With Acid in Nicaragua Cathedral in 2018 Dies
On Dec. 5, 2018, while the priest was hearing confessions in the Managua cathedral, he was splashed with acid on his face and body by Russian citizen Elis Leonidovna Gonn, who was later arrested. Father Mario de Jesús Guevara Calero, 66, spiritual...

Redding flight nurse injured in medical helicopter crash dies
Our Angel That Flies Foundation will honor Susan "Suzie" Smith and the work she started. Smith was one of three people who were injured on the REACH Air Medical Services helicopter that crashed on Monday, Oct. 6, in Sacramento. Redding flight...

Costa Rica Faces Nicaragua in Key World Cup Qualifier Match
Costa Rica takes on Nicaragua this Tuesday at the Estadio Nacional in a match that could shape their path in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. With both sides still chasing their first win in the third round of CONCACAF qualifying, the pressure...

UPSC Daily Current Affairs Quiz: Deepika Padukone, Mental Health, R Ashwin, Rishi Sunak & more
Sharpen your awareness of what’s shaping the world — from politics and the economy to science and global headlines. 1. Which Hungarian writer has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the...

International Campaign Launched Against Nicaraguan Beef
Deforested areas in the protected Cerro Banacruz zone, Bosawas Reserve. Photo: Michelle Carrere. A new investigation by Patrullaje and the NGO Re:wild calls for halting the purchase of beef produced in Nicaragua’s protected areas. By Ivan Olivares...

Exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from X summit of Americas: Fracture in hemispheric diplomacy
Former Cuban Ambassador Pedro Monzón Barata denounces the exclusion of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from the X Summit of the Americas as a US-imposed act that exposes the collapse of hemispheric diplomacy and revives colonial-era domination...

The Caribbean Tinderbox: Oil, Drugs, A Nobe
The sun dipped below the horizon, casting a golden glow over the Caribbean Sea. But beneath the tranquil surface, a cauldron of tensions simmered. Some 200 nautical miles from the coast of Venezuela, a fast-moving vessel believed to be carrying...

Nicaragua vs Haiti LIVE Score Updates: Duckens Nazon Goal (0-1)
65' Johnny Placide taking his time with the clearance. He goes all the way to the corner to end the match, giving the ball away in the middle of the box, but it's also easily recovered, and Rodríguez saves the ball, which Nanzon was just about to...

Marquette Global Brigades Medical Chapter seeking donations
Marquette’s Global Brigades Medical Chapter seeks gently used Marquette or Milwaukee Brewers T-shirts that are blue, yellow, white or gray in sizes small through 3XL for its trip to Panama over winter break. The organization also seeks donations...
Denmark/Scandinavia on Permanent War Footing: Russians on the Doorstep
Ukraine President Zelensky as pilot with Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen in one of 19 F-16s Denmark donated ($13 million each). Denmark trains Ukrainian pilots to shoot down Russians. [kyivindependent.com] Foreign politics and censorship in...

Haiti tops World Cup Qualifiers Group C with decisive win over Nicaragua
Overview: Haiti earned its first win in the final round of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, defeating Nicaragua 3–0 in Managua. With goals from Duckens Nazon, Danley Jean-Jacques, and Don Deedson Louicius—and key playmaking from Jean-Ricner...

Goals and Highlights Nicaragua 0-3 Haiti in 2026 World Cup Qualifiers
EVENT ENDED Nicaragua's defeat against Haiti, corresponding to Matchday 3 of Group C in the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. The match was suspended due to a storm, despite winning by a hair. VAVEL Haiti scores, Louicius Don Deedson makes it 3-0 and...

The inspiration and manifestation of Marcus Garvey’s UNIA
IN UNFLATTERING circumstances Malcus Mosiah Garvey was born in St Ann’s Bay, St Ann on August 17, 1887. Somewhere along the journey Malcus was changed to Marcus. He became a printer’s apprentice, before moving in 1906 to Kingston, where he got...

Horses making the rounds at Florida hospitals
On a recent Friday morning, Pegasus slowly trots out of an elevator, surrounded by doctors and nurses. He’s ready to make his rounds and see the many sick children hospitalized at Holtz Children’s Hospital, located on Jackson Memorial Hospital’s...

What we know about the crew members involved in medical helicopter crash on Sacramento highway
MEDICAL CENTER. ALL OF THEM IN CRITICAL CONDITION. TONIGHT. WE ARE JUST PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE. WE KNOW GOD HEARS OUR PRAYERS AND IT’S DIRE. YOU KNOW, SHE’S IN SHE’S IN A DIRE SITUATION. THAT’S HOW TRAVIS OSBORNE IS DESCRIBING SUSIE SMITH’S CURRENT...

Nicaragua launches national campaign against diabetes
Announced by Co-President Rosario Murillo in citizen-led media outlets, the initiative aims to examine 2.5 million children, adolescents, and young people up to 20 years of age. The strategy reportedly includes conducting screening tests in...
Nicaraguan Doc Will Face Trial For Spiking Drink
A Nicaraguan doctor accused of secretly spiking his colleague's drink during a night out in Belize City will go on trial tomorrow before Chief Magistrate Deborah Rogers. Thirty-eight-year-old Dr. Carlos Saborio is charged with administering an...

Nicaraguan doctor to stand trial for allegedly spiking colleague’s drink
Views: 137 Views: 136 Posted: Tuesday, September 30, 2025. 8:02 pm CST. By Breaking Belize News Staff: The case of a Nicaraguan doctor accused of secretly spiking his colleague’s drink during a social outing is moving forward to trial before the...

Mural of the ‘doctor of the poor’ inspires faith
WESTON | The main entrance of St. Katharine Drexel Church in Weston has been transformed into a gallery of faith. Above its arches, Venezuelan artist Eduardo “EDO” Sanabria has captured multiple dimensions of Blessed José Gregorio Hernández, who...