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Federal prosecutors in New York City charge two brothers, Anton and James Peraire-Bueno, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, after they were arrested for exploiting the Ethereum blockchain and stealing $25 million worth of cryptocurrency.
2024-05-15

Cryptocurrency company Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao pleads guilty to money laundering in the United States. The company will pay $4.3 billion in fines and Zhao will step down as CEO.
2023-11-21

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

Nicaraguan bishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos, imprisoned in February for refusing exile to the United States with 222 political prisoners, is temporarily released but immediately rearrested, amidst conflicting reports and tensions between the Nicaraguan government and the Holy See.
2023-07-3

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

Colombian businessman Alex Saab, an affiliate of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro who is charged in the United States for alleged money laundering, is placed under house arrest in Cape Verde.
2021-01-26

Prominent opposition figure Leopoldo López leaves the Spanish embassy in Caracas and flees to Spain via Colombia, according to his own party, which did not elaborate how he escaped from Venezuela. López had been at the embassy for over a year to avoid house arrest.
2020-10-24

Catholic bishops cancel the planned Episcopal Conference talks with the government after protests against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega turn violent. According to the Nicaraguan Human Rights Center, pro-government armed groups killed 11 people.
2018-05-31

Days of heavy rainfall in Nicaragua lead to at least 22 deaths including 9 people killed in the capital Managua by a wall collapse.
2014-10-18

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake 87 miles west of the Costa Rican capital of San José triggers a tsunami alert for the coastlines of Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua.
2012-09-5