It’s also an oligarchic kleptocracy like Russia, where communist rhetoric is cynically used to perpetuate a Cold War mindset. Nicaragua’s national rhetoric seems to be stuck in the 1980s ...

Nicaragua has had close ties with Moscow since the Cold War, during which the Soviet Union supported the overthrow of the Central American country’s regime in 1979 by leftist rebels led by Ortega.

The authoritarian leader of Nicaragua, in his speech, called the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the ...

Nicaragua on Friday announced plans to break off relations with Israel over its war on Gaza, calling the Israeli government "fascist and genocidal." Left-wing President Daniel Ortega, who has been ...

Nicaragua continuously maintains close relations with Moscow, which has been in good standing since the Cold War era. Read also: Putin strengthens ties with North Korea amid Ukraine crisis Nicaragua ...

As the Cold War settled into détente in the ... Reagan tightened the U.S. economic embargo, funded the Contras to wage war against the Nicaragua's Sandinistas, invaded Grenada in 1983, and ...

“Thirty years after this small Central American country became the prize of the Cold War battle against Washington, Russia again puts its flag in Nicaragua. Over the past two years, the Russian ...