Nicaragua was set for Gold Cup action—until a player eligibility scandal changed everything. A rare ruling rewrote their fate. The story behind their absence is more than just a forfeit. Check all you need to know.

Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, who in 1990 became the first female president of Nicaragua and the Americas, died Saturday morning in Costa Rica at the age of 95, her family announced in a statement. Chamorro,

Feiwu Bian represents Zhong Fu Development S.A. Records state that Bian is a Chinese national and Nicaraguan resident. Zhong Fu Development is allegedly linked to Zhong Fu Invest Group, though little public information exists on its operations outside of China.

Despite a flurry of positive reports in the travel press, U.S. officials say Americans should avoid Nicaragua because it’s an authoritarian regime.

Nicaragua has cut ties with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the U.N.'s refugee agency, the Central American nation's Foreign Ministry said in a letter to the organization on Thursday.

People from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela on Thursday began receiving notices of termination of their temporary protected status. They were told to self-deport.

China Communications Construction Co. has begun building the 70 MW Enesolar-3 solar plant in Nicaragua, which will supply power to state water utility Enacal and cover about 40% of its electricity needs.

The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday began issuing termination notices to migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who entered the US under a Biden-era immigration policy. The Department of Homeland Security began sending out notices Thursday,