Faculty Profile: Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell, Globally Influential Scholar of International Law and Peace

Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell teaching at the Seoul Academy of International Law in July 2025 Professor Mary Ellen O’Connell holds the Robert & Marion Short Chair in Law at Notre Dame Law School and is also Professor of International Peace...

Bruno Rodríguez: The most urgent priority is to create a new international order that guarantees peace

7 Speech by Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba, at the general debate of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. New York, September 27, 2025 Madam President of the General Assembly, Mr....

Theo Von claims government offered him security after fury over DHS video he never gave permission to be in

By JAMES CIRRONE, US NEWS REPORTER Published: 22:08 EDT, 2 October 2025 | Updated: 22:45 EDT, 2 October 2025 Theo Von has claimed that a high-level government official offered him 'extra security' after he received an onslaught of online...

Lao, Cuban, Nicaraguan leaders offer condolences to Vietnam over typhoon consequences

Hanoi (VNA) - Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone has sent a message of sympathy to Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, expressing solidarity following the widespread destruction caused by Typhoon Bualoi, which battered northern and...

Theo Von, Son of Nicaraguan Immigrant, Says Homeland Security Deportation Clip “Shook Me”

After Theo Von discovered that the Department of Homeland Security had used footage of him for a social media clip that insinuated he was in favor of the administration’s current wave of mass deportations, the popular podcaster and stand-up...

Ukraine broke off diplomatic relations with Nicaragua. Reason

Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with the Republic of Nicaragua due to its recognition of occupied Ukrainian territories as Russian. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. "Support for the armed aggression of the...

How Nicaragua Became and Sustains a Police State

From the April 2018 explosion to deafening silence Photo montage by Confidencial In its attempt to silence the 2018 protests a police memorandum forbid them. Seven years later, the country’s police state apparatus keeps watch and persecutes, under...

Ukraine cuts diplomatic ties with Nicaragua

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry announced Oct. 2 that it is severing diplomatic relations with Nicaragua, citing Managua's recognition of Crimea and four partially occupied Ukrainian regions as part of Russia. "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of...

Shooting Down an Enemy Aircraft is Far from Simple Under International Law

The recent incursions of Russian drones into Romania and Poland, along with violations of Estonian airspace by Russian fighter jets, have prompted strong warnings from NATO capitals. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Swedish Defence Minister...

Ukraine Severs Ties With Nicaragua Over Recognition of Occupied Territories

Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Nicaragua on Wednesday in response to the Latin American nation’s formal recognition of Russia’s sovereignty over Ukraine’s occupied territories. Russian state media reported on July 31 that Nicaraguan...

Nicaragua launches national campaign against diabetes

Announced by Co-President Rosario Murillo in citizen-led media outlets, the initiative aims to examine 2.5 million children, adolescents, and young people up to 20 years of age. The strategy reportedly includes conducting screening tests in...

Nicaragua receives record number of people deported from the United States

Q24N — Between January and August 2025, 30 flights carrying 3,482 deported Nicaraguan immigrants arrived in Nicaragua, according to the US Deportation Flight Report, prepared by Thomas Cartwright and published this September by Human Rights First....

Nicaragua’s investment climate is worsening, with increased scrutiny and risks of illegal activity for business owners.

Q24N — Once again, the United States Department of State warned of the dangers of investing in Nicaragua and advised that extreme caution and due diligence be exercised when doing so. As part of the growing deterioration of the investment climate,...

STATESIDE: US military's mission shifts amid govt shutdown

with CHARLIE HARPER The latest US government shutdown started yesterday at midnight. Generally, if it doesn’t last too long, these events don’t affect us in The Bahamas very much if at all. They don’t even affect most Americans in their everyday...

Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela not invited to Summit of the Americas

U.S. President Joe Biden (C), and other world leaders of the Americas take a "Family Photo" at the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles in June 2022. File Photo by David Swanson/EPA/Pool Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The Dominican Republic is preparing to...

Lao, Cuban, Nicaraguan leaders offer condolences to Việt Nam over typhoon consequences

HÀ NỘI — Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone has sent a message of sympathy to Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính, expressing solidarity following the widespread destruction caused by Typhoon Bualoi, which battered northern and central...

Trump doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing in Latin America

Running for president in 2024, Donald Trump vowed to avoid costly, often disastrous overseas US military interventions like Iraq and Afghanistan. This was a key plank in his isolationist “America first” platform. Yet within months of his...

Costa Rica leads Central America in average international tourist spending

Q COSTARICA — Costa Rica consolidated its position as the country with the highest average spending per tourist in Central America, according to a Mastercard Advisors study using data from the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) – Costa Rica...

Cuba Rejects EU coercive measures against Nicaragua

Havana, Sept 30 (ACN) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez rejected the decision of the European Union Council to extend unilateral coercive measures against Nicaragua. Rodriguez expressed his solidarity with the Government of Reconciliation and...

¿Quién es Edwin Moreira? Nicaragüense detrás de la tipografía of Taylor Swift, Life of a Showgirl

El éxito de Taylor Swift parece no conocer límites: récords de ventas, estadios llenos y un ejército de seguidores que convierten cada movimiento suyo en un fenómeno cultural. Y justo cuando su compromiso con Travis Kelce acaparó titulares...