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Ex-president Martinelli gets Panama's permission to take asylum in Nicaragua

March 28, 2025 5:59 am

Martinelli is a businessman and supermarket magnate who governed Panama from 2009 to 2014.

Flashback to 2023: A flight to US via Nicaragua that was aborted in France

February 08, 2025 5:05 pm

Deportees from the Legend Airlines flight sent back to India in 2023 feel luckier but regret not making it to America.

‘Trafficking case’ | Flight probe: 14 agents booked for trafficking, destroying evidence

January 13, 2024 8:58 am

Passengers ‘tutored’ to seek asylum if caught, Gujarat CID probe reveals

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Grounded Nicaragua flight: Gujarat police probe involvement of agents who aided illegal migration

January 03, 2024 8:40 am

The CID has sought details such as who chartered the flight that took 306 US-bound people to Nicaragua from the UAE.

Punjab Police constitute 4-member SIT to probe ‘Nicaragua human trafficking case’

December 30, 2023 3:57 pm

The SIT has been asked to submit the final report to the competent court at the earliest. The SIT can also co-opt any other official for assistance in the investigation of the case.

France grounds flight with 303 Indians over suspected 'human trafficking', India says probe on

December 23, 2023 7:22 am

The flight, carried out by a Romanian charter company, had departed from Dubai on Thursday and landed at the small Vatry airport for a technical stopover when police intervened, the Marne prefect's office said in an e-mailed statement.

Defiant Ortega frees political prisoners in Nicaragua, expels them to U.S.

February 10, 2023 9:22 am

Ortega later described the surprise release as a push to expel criminal provocateurs who sought to undermine Nicaragua, while the United States hailed it as a "constructive step" toward improving human rights.

Explained: Tension between Nicaragua and the Catholic Church

August 16, 2022 12:44 pm

Nicaragua is predominantly Catholic, and the church was close to the Somozas from the 1930s until the 1970s, when it distanced itself from politics after many abuses were attributed to the dictatorship.

US unlikely to invite Cuba, Nicaragua or Venezuela to summit

April 28, 2022 1:07 pm

The summit, to take place in Los Angeles in early June, will focus on defending democracy and human rights in the Western Hemisphere as well as addressing irregular migration, climate change and efforts to ensure equitable growth.

China opens embassy in Nicaragua for 1st time since 1990

January 01, 2022 8:40 am

China has been poaching Taiwan's diplomatic allies over the past few years, reducing the number of countries that recognise the democratic island as a sovereign nation.