Nicaraguan elections, Ortega wins as opposition is crushed
With most of the ballots counted, president Daniel Ortega wins the Nicaraguan elections. The vote has been controversial, with repression and irregularities cited.
“Conservation keeps the spirit of our ancestors alive,” say indigenous Awas Tingni abandoned by Nicaraguan state
The indigenous inhabitants of Awas Tingni won a legal battle 15 years ago but the Nicaraguan state hasn’t kept its promises. Now they face violence and illegal incursions.
The Grand Canal of Nicaragua. A scar across the face of Central America
Indigenous people will be displaced, endangered species threatened, the largest freshwater source in Central America contaminated and rainforests uprooted by the Grand Canal of Nicaragua.