In most parts of the world, including the North Pole, Christmas comes but once a year. But in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua, the Christmas trees along the downtown...

Commercial sales of turtle meat, which has long been a delicacy here, is restricted in Nicaragua because of declining populations of endangered green sea turtles —...

Nicaragua’s leftist President Daniel Ortega, a U.S. foe since the Cold War, said God was punishing the United States with the financial crisis for trying to...

Does it really matter whether women have access to safe and legal abortion services? Women in Latin America are learning the answer to this question in dramatically...

There is no shortage of good things to eat in the open-air Wholesale Market here in Nicaragua’s capital. Canvas sacks groan with rice and lentils. White eggs are...

Nicaragua’s decision to ban all types of abortion, including those ruled necessary to save the life of the mother, is drawing criticism from human rights and...