Erlinton Flores Ortiz, in hiding in Nicaragua, thinks the government purposely undercounted COVID-19 infections and deaths. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times) As nations around the world locked down ...

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government insists the country has low numbers of cases and deaths from the pandemic. A grassroots group is... Citizens Work To Expose COVID's Real Toll In ...

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker fills a syringe with Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine as she prepares to vaccinate a Russian Army service member at a clinic in the city of Rostov-On-Don MANAGUA (Reuters ...

Oct 2 (Reuters) - Nicaragua has authorised two Cuban-made coronavirus vaccines to be used in the Central American nation, the Cuban state-run pharmaceutical corporation BioCubaFarma said on Saturday.

One year ago, as both the Trump administration in the US and the Johnson government in the UK responded fitfully to the growing pandemic, the international media were looking for whipping boys: other ...

TEGUCIGALPA — Nearly 8,000 Nicaraguans received Covid-19 vaccines at two customs border crossings with neighboring Honduras in recent days, Honduran health authorities said on Monday, as supplies of ...

Nicaragua, which is suffering a wave of coronavirus infections, on Saturday approved emergency use of the Abdala and Soberana 02 vaccines developed by Cuba, the state-run BioCubaFarma announced. “The ...

(Washington, DC)– Nicaraguan authorities have fired at least 10 health workers in apparent retaliation for voicing concern about the Daniel Ortega government’s management of the Covid-19 health crisis ...

As much of Latin America wrestles with the social and economic impact of Covid-19, the government of Nicaragua says it’s got the virus under control. On Sunday, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega made ...

Nicaragua has seen its fair share of unrest, fear and struggles throughout its troubled history. Now, faced with the deadly coronavirus, the government is coming under fire for its casual approach to ...

The haphazard, politicized response to the pandemic by the country’s leaders has put the government’s own officials and supporters at particular risk. By Frances Robles A string of recent deaths ...

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — As nations around the world locked down this spring to help contain the coronavirus, Nicaragua’s president assured his country there was nothing to worry about. Schools and ...