Worldwide Caution: The Department of State advises Americans worldwide to exercise increased caution.

Event: The U.S. Embassy in Managua informs U.S. citizens that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 2 Travel Health Notice (“Practice Enhanced Precautions”) for ...

Event: The U.S. Embassy in Managua informs U.S. citizens that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 2 Travel Health Notice (“Practice Enhanced Precautions”) for ...

Daniel Ortega’s declaration that under his family’s dictatorship Nicaragua will never again hold elections lays bare their true authoritarian nature. Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo have abandoned ...

The United States will not ignore the Murillo-Ortega dictatorship’s responsibility for the horrific death of political prisoner Brooklyn Rivera. U.S.-sanctioned Lumberto Campbell Hooker was directly ...

The Department of State reissued the Travel Advisory for Nicaragua on May 14, 2026, with updated information. The advisory level remains at Level 3: Reconsider Travel. Risks in Nicaragua include crime ...

The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens that Nicaragua’s rainy season usually begins in May and typically lasts through October, coinciding with the Atlantic and Pacific Hurricane seasons.

Nearly eight years ago, the Rosario Murillo and Daniel Ortega dictatorship unleashed a brutal wave of repression against Nicaraguans who courageously stood against the regime’s increased tyranny, ...

The United States is imposing sanctions on two of Ortega and Murillo’s sons, five other individuals, and seven companies that have enabled the dictatorship’s corrupt control over Nicaragua’s gold ...

Event: The Department of State advises Americans worldwide, and especially in the Middle East, to exercise increased caution. Americans abroad should follow the guidance in security alerts issued by ...

The State Department is expanding its visa bond program to apply to a total of 50 countries on April 2 and will require foreign nationals from these countries to post a bond of up to $15,000 before ...