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Nicaragua has become one of the 20 most dangerous countries in the world for Christians, according to the International Christian Concern's (ICC) Global Religious Persecution Index.The regime's ...
A report from the United Nations released on Tuesday detailed alleged crimes committed by the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, including an intensifying crackdown on dissent ...
Despite a symbolic “groundbreaking” in 2014, no work was done on the canal that was to link Nicaragua’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The proposed $50 billion, 172-mile (278-kilometer) canal ...
The pre-modern trans-Pacific linkage had a far-reaching impact that touched areas including Hong Kong and Nicaragua. [1] [2] [3] The trade between the two prospers nowadays. In 2014, the value of exports from Hong Kong to Nicaragua was worth 363M Hong Kong dollars, while the importing goods from Nicaragua to Hong Kong was worth 108M Hong Kong ...
Nicaragua's government committed human rights violations that amount to "crimes against humanity," a United Nations-appointed team of human rights experts said in a report on Thursday. The report ...
The Xinhua News Agency opened a branch office in Managua after the Nicaraguan Revolution broke out in 1979. [3] The Nicaraguan government, which was led by Daniel Ortega , first established formal relations with China in 1985, [ 2 ] and both countries soon opened resident embassies in their respective capitals. [ 4 ]
Nicaragua’s congress, dominated by Ortega’s Sandinista National Liberation Front, has shuttered more than 3,000 nongovernmental organizations, including Mother Teresa’s charity, creating a ...
The development of the Nicaragua Canal was the first project for HKND. The cost of the project is estimated to be US$40bn. [8] or US$50bn. [9]The Nicaraguan government approved the Master Concession Agreement with HKND on June 13, 2013, thereby granting the company "the sole rights to the HKND Group to plan, design, construct and thereafter to operate and manage the Nicaragua Grand Canal and ...