Nicaragua

The Dignity Act, a bipartisan bill filed by a Congressional group led by US Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), is receiving renewed attention as the US’ immigration crisis ensues. Originally filed by Representatives Salazar and Veronica Escobar (D-TX) in 2023, the Dignity Act would significantly reform US immigration law. Since being filed, the bill has […]

US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to President Joe Biden requesting the latter exercise his 1998 International Religious Freedom Act powers to appoint a Special Advisor on International Religious Freedom. According to Senator Rubio, the international deterioration of religious freedom demands the US, being committed to protecting the free exercise of religion, take […]

US Representative Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) recently emphasized pro-democracy measures included in Congress’ latest appropriations package.  Primarily focusing on supporting Democracy in the Western Hemisphere, the bill includes measures aimed at specific countries suffering, or at risk of, from authoritarian regimes.  Globally, it prohibits non-governmental organizations facilitating and encouraging irresponsible and illegal migration in the Hemisphere […]

The Ortega-Murillo (Sandinista) regime in Nicaragua's persecution of Christians reaches not only Catholics but Protestants as well, cracking down on the American Evangelical Mountain Gateway missionary organization. As a result, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) led a group of Senators in a letter demanding the Biden Administration place additional sanctions on Nicaragua in response. Sen. Scott's letter and […]

US Representative Maria-Elvira Salazar (R-Fl) has filed a bill to reauthorize sanctions on Nicaragua in light of the Nicaraguan government’s recent hostile acts towards Catholic officials.  Since December 2023, Nicaraguan police have detained a total of 16 priests and seminarians, including Bishops Isidoro del Carmen Mora and Rolando Jose Álvarez Lagos. Nicaraguan Dictator Naiel Ortega […]

The persecution of Catholics under Dictator Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua has continued to receive international condemnation. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) recently wrote to Pope Francis I, urging him to double his efforts in having Bishop Rolando Jose Álvarez Lagos released from prison in the Central American country. Bishop Álvarez has been highly critical of the […]

Maria Elvira Salazar (R) is calling on the Biden administration to improve its relations with Paraguay.

Florida Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R) is calling on the State Department to add the Sandinistas to the department’s blacklist.

An illegal migrant from Nicaragua ran over a police officer in Chesapeake, Virginia in August. Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has written a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas highlighting the case as an example of DHS's apparent negligence in monitoring illegal migrants and failure to enforce immigration law. The Washington Examiner detailed how […]

Washington, D.C.- A bevy of Florida legislators have released a flurry of criticism towards Nicaraguan Regime Leader Daniel Ortega for confiscating a Catholic church, forcing the extraction of sacred imagery.  The Ortega regime has been in office for four consecutive terms, rising to power via elections considered illegitimate by the United States and allies. The […]

Salazar discussed human rights abuse Daniel Ortega is committing against Nicaraguan catholics.

Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) has sent a bipartisan letter to the Biden Administration demanding the extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Nicaraguans in the United States. As DictatorDaniel Ortega tightens the iron grip with which he rules Nicaragua, thousands of migrans have sought refuge in the US and elsewhere. Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick's letter has backing from […]

In a recent blog post, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has called for more pressure against the Nicaraguan totalitarian regime led by Dictator Daniel Ortega and his spouse Rosario Murillo. The call for more pressure comes after repeated instances of human rights violations such as unreasonable searches and seizures, silencing and intimidating political opponents, and most […]

Calling the Nicaraguan election a “sham,” the President further added that it “was a pantomime election that was neither free nor fair, and most certainly not democratic.”

Demings shared that it “offended” her that Rubio would “use the pain and suffering of people” to advance his political career.

In a newly released video, the freshman Florida lawmaker makes an impassioned plea, slamming Nicaragua’s Ortega regime.

Florida Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R) joined a bipartisan effort in the House to introduce the Reinforcing Nicaragua’s Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform Act (Renacer Act).

A bipartisan group of U.S. Congressmen and Congresswomen have come together to introduce Reinforcing Nicaragua’s Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform Act of 2021, or the RENACER Act, to denounce the brutal Socialist regime in Nicaragua that has been lead by strongman Daniel Ortega since 2007.