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… States have expressed their solidarity with the Jesuit-run Central American University in Nicaragua this week. Violence has erupted in Nicaragua after student protests against changes to the country's social security system were put … released by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities . The Catholic Church in Nicaragua is attempting to mediate between the clashing factions, according to an April 26 report …

… David Agren … Catholic News Service … The bishops' conference of Nicaragua has accepted an invitation to mediate talks aimed at calming the Central American … and that a climate of serenity and absolute respect for human life ... prevails." Protests in Nicaragua have claimed 25 lives and left more than 400 injured — the product of a heavy-handed … was the scene of a protest repressed by police April 18. The university, Jesuits in Nicaragua and Latin America and the Association of Jesuit Universities and Colleges all called on …

… has scheduled the end of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Sudan, Nicaragua , Haiti and El Salvador , removing protection from nearly 250,000 people, while …

… followed the announcement in November to end protected status for individuals from Haiti and Nicaragua, while a decision on the protected status for people from Honduras is expected in July. …

… benefit from the program, although over the next two years the status is set to end for Nicaragua, Haiti, Sudan and El Salvador, who together make up nearly 250,000 of the approximately …

… region. Honduras was the de facto U.S. military base for Contras fighting the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. Inside Honduras, U.S.-trained military units — most especially the notorious Battalion …

… that would allow Temporary Protected Status holders from Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua a path to legal status. Meanwhile, Maryland's senators, Ben Cardin and Chris Van …

… a criminal background check. On the deadline for deciding whether to terminate the status for Nicaragua and Honduras or extend it for 6, 12 or 18 months, Duke announced that Nicaragua will lose its Temporary Protected Status designation Jan. 5, 2019, and that she had not … that would allow Temporary Protected Status holders from Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua to stay in the U.S. on a permanent basis. Temporary Protected Status holders "are …

… in 1979 after a military-controlled government assumed power, spending most of his time in Nicaragua and Mexico, before returning to El Salvador in 1987 as an opposition leader. Prior to …

… "Happy Meal." Doña Yolanda now owns 105 restaurants in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua. She has also built three Ronald McDonald Houses for the parents of hospitalized …

… of Peace Parish in Flowery Beach, Georgia, are doctors today, inspired by volunteering in Nicaragua through a nonprofit born in the parish, Amigos for Christ . • A 1968 mission trip — …

… when he was killed in a plane crash, bringing aid to the survivors of the earthquake in Nicaragua. The problem with naming him a saint? He wasn't a Catholic! In The New York Times , …

… a prominent arena was smoking. His engagement with the tobacco industry began after a trip to Nicaragua in 1980, where Crosby witnessed the struggles of tobacco farmers. Later that year, he …

… ambassador to Uruguay from 1977 to 1979. In 1979 he was named ambassador to Nicaragua where he helped usher the dictator Anastasio Somoza from power. He left that job in …

… He was arrested for the first time in Chicago in 1984 while protesting CIA involvement in Nicaragua. In the following decades, the Franciscan friar by his count would be arrested more …

… presidential Election Day. Things might be different then. Also, by then three non-signers, Nicaragua, Syria, and the Holy See, might find ways to sign on. Nicaragua said it would go it alone, complaining about no punishment mechanism for offenders; …

… and acknowledge that democracy is indeed a beautiful and difficult struggle. I lived in Nicaragua for a summer during college, and, ironically, it was there that I learned my most …

… ministry — 50 years — in the Philippines; a sister from Nigeria in the U.S.; and a sister from Nicaragua and another from Mexico who serve their communities in Rome. Other panelists are in …

… with the Maryknolls, Survil would give most of the next 25 years of his life in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Guatemala, dispensing the sacraments, offering acts of mercy to … and deported. I was spared, for sure, because I was an American citizen." With nine years in Nicaragua and 12 in Guatemala, he saw close up the violent effects of U.S. foreign policy when it …

… he was serving in the Nicaraguan government, has died. He was 84. D'Escoto died June 8 in Nicaragua, according to an announcement from the headquarters of the Maryknoll Fathers and … had suffered a stroke several months earlier, but his death came "unexpectedly" June 8. Nicaragua's first lady and vice president, Rosario Murillo, told the media of the priest's death, …