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The International Court of Justice rejects a request by Nicaragua asking the court to order Germany to suspend aid to Israel.
2024-04-30

Nicaragua releases 12 Catholic priests, critical of President Daniel Ortega's regime, and sends them to Rome, Italy, following an agreement with Vatican City.
2023-10-18

The Central American University in Managua, Nicaragua, suspends its operations after the government seizes its assets, alleging the university's involvement in terrorism during the 2018 protests.
2023-08-16

Police in Nicaragua confirm that they have arrested an anti-Ortega Roman Catholic bishop in Managua and warned against further "provocative and destabilizing" activities amongst the clergy.
2022-08-19

Nicaragua approves the emergency use of the single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine.
2021-05-20

Hurricane Iota strengthens into a category 5 hurricane as it approaches Nicaragua.
2020-11-16

Six people in Honduras, four in Nicaragua and three in El Salvador died after heavy floods triggered by Hurricane Michael affected Central America. Several others are injured and at least one is missing.
2018-10-7

The U.S. State Department orders the families of U.S. diplomats in Nicaragua to leave amid riots by protestors against proposed pension changes. President Daniel Ortega has scrapped the changes but further protests are nonetheless anticipated.
2018-04-23

Mexican federal police and migration agents find 136 migrants in a locked truck abandoned near a freeway in Veracruz. Without water or food, the people from the countries of Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, including dozens of minors, were "en route" to the United States.
2018-03-30

Floods and landslides have killed at least 34 people in Nicaragua and affected 84,000 since the start of the rainy season on May 15.
2010-08-27