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  Nicaraguan Exiles Demand Protection After Costa Rica Assassination
More than 70 exiled Nicaraguans demanded international protection on Friday following the shooting death in Costa Rica of retired army officer Roberto Samcam, a prominent critic of the Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo government. Major Roberto...
 
    
  Children Plead for Father’s Release After ICE Detains Jackson Man
JACKSON, Miss.—Two brothers, ages 8 and 10, stared nervously into news cameras on June 19, the room falling quiet as they spoke softly but with determination to a group of onlookers who were much older than themselves. “We need our dad back home,”...
 
    
  Human rights group demands release of Nicaraguan pastor, family arrested amid worsening religious repression
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Monday, August 04, 2025 OSCAR DEL POZO/AFP via Getty ImagesNicaraguan authorities have arrested a Protestant pastor and several of his relatives and associates in a police operation that took place last...
Exiled Nicaraguan bishop says award recognizes 'tireless struggle' for justice in homeland
DAVENPORT, Iowa (OSV News) — Separated from his beloved Nicaragua by a government that disowned him for speaking up for justice and peace, Bishop Silvio Jose Báez Ortega accepted a peace award in Davenport that he dedicated to courageous...
Unmasking Imperial Hypocrisy: Trump’s 2025 Venezuela Escalation Is a Sham for Oil
[Source: theweek.com] On October 16, 2025, Donald Trump’s second term ignited a reckless campaign against Venezuela, greenlighting covert CIA operations, deploying 4,000 Marines and F-35 jets to the Caribbean, and launching strikes on Venezuelan...
 
    
  Nicaraguan man accused of assaulting 3 ICE officers in San Jose
Immigration office on Blossom Hill Road in San Jose. SAN JOSE, Calif. - A Nicaraguan man has been charged by federal prosecutors with assaulting three ICE officers in San Jose - specifically grabbing one of the deportation officer's testicles who...
 
    
  USA: Federal Judge Stays Deportation of Immigrants from Certain Countries
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp A federal judge in California has temporarily stayed the deportation of immigrants from Honduras, Nepal, and Nicaragua, whose legal protections were revoked by the Trump administration. “The freedom to live...
 
    
  Nicaragua’s critic shot dead in exile in Costa Rica
MORAVIA, Costa Rica—A retired Nicaraguan soldier who has fiercely criticized President Daniel Ortega from exile was shot dead Thursday (Friday in Manila) in neighboring Costa Rica, his family and officials said. Major Roberto Samcam, 66, was...
 
    
  Immigration raids violating our nation's proud heritage
As long as federal immigration policy remains nothing more than fare for political debate in Washington, D.C., it may seem a matter of little consequence to people immersed in their daily routines in other parts of the country. Even the occasional...
 
    
  Nicaraguans with ‘Parole’ Must Leave the United States “Now”
The same goes for Cubans, Haitians and Venezuelans A plane takes off from Boston’s Logan Airport, Massachusetts, United States. // Photo: EFE/CJ Gunther/File US government orders migrants to leave the country “Now” unless they have asylum or other...
 
    
  RELIGION HEADLINES FRI 6-20-25
Audio By Carbonatix (SRN NEWS ) Nicaragua continues to attract attention for religious persecution. Scores of Catholic and Protestant leaders have wound up in prison for questioning President Daniel Ortega’s dictatorial rule. CSW, a British-based...
 
    
  Nicaragua: Anti-Canal Leader Dies under Police Harassment
Octavio Ortega Arana was persecuted until his final day Octavio Ortega Arana, a leader of the anti-canal struggle, in a photo from January 2015. // Photo: Archive | CONFIDENCIAL The peasant leader led protests against the proposed expropriation of...
The World and Everything in It: October 27, 2025
Editor's note: The following text is a transcript of a podcast story. To listen to the story, click on the arrow beneath the headline above. JENNY ROUGH, HOST: Good morning! Police enter a home without a search warrant, a defendant says he...
 
    
  Haitians in Minnesota lose jobs, weigh options after Trump cancels immigration programs
Stay informed. Sign up for Sahan Sunday, our weekly newsletter with Minnesota news you need to know. This story is provided to you free of charge. We’re glad you're here! If fair, free journalism matters to you, please support us! Scores of...
Judge blocks Trump plan to revoke legal status for immigrants from 3 countries
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge ruled on Thursday against the Trump administration's plans and extended Temporary Protected Status for 60,000 people from Central America and Asia, including people from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua. Temporary...
 
    
  New neighbors: Where Wisconsin’s immigrants are coming from
Over 14% of the United States population is composed of immigrants. But in reality, the vast majority of Americans today are here because of relatives who immigrated from other countries some time in the last several hundred years. And while the...
 
    
  Judge blocks ICE deportation strategy for paroled immigrants
A federal judge on Friday blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s “expedited removal” deportation strategy to detain paroled immigrants as quickly as possible.U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb of the District of Columbia ruled that the Trump...
 
    
  Northern District of California: Legal Win for Immigrants: Judge Halts Trump-Era Termination of TPS for Three Countries — LIVE UPDATES
Northern District of California – A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to prematurely terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) protections for immigrants from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal, affecting more than 60,000...
 
    
  Judge ripped for ‘moronic opinion’ pausing removals of 60K migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal
WASHINGTON — A San Francisco federal judge was lambasted by conservative legal commentators as “lawless” after she ordered a halt to the removal of temporary immigration protections for more than 60,000 migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua and Nepal....
 
    
  Nicaragua Slashes Highway Speed Limit, Public Reacts with Mockery
Nicaragua reduced the national highway speed limit from 100 km/h to 50 km/h, a measure widely mocked on social media as “ridiculous,” with users joking about going back to “ox carts.” The order was issued by the country’s co-presidents and...