MEXICO CITY (AP) — Indigenous communities of the Mayangna people in northeast Nicaragua are under growing pressure from armed attackers who use kidnappings and killings to move people off their ...

Gold mining has exploded in Nicaragua over the past few years ... which have belonged to Indigenous peoples since the 1980s. Canadian company Calibre Mining has 151,921 hectares (375,405 acres ...

See All Key Ideas A wave of violence against Indigenous people in Nicaragua this month has drawn international outcry over the government’s lack of action against land invaders committing human ...

The killings mark the latest chapter in a years-long string of attacks on indigenous people in the area by settlers eager to claim their land. Such killings often go unpunished in Nicaragua ...

Father Rodolfo French Naar, a member of the Miskito Indigenous people who is the vicar of a community in the city of Waspán, on the border with Honduras, tried to take a plane back to Nicaragua ...

Today, Native peoples make up about 10 percent of Nicaragua’s population, and less than 3 percent of Costa Rica’s. Their ancestors left behind colorful painted pottery, intricate rock art ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Indigenous communities in northeast Nicaragua are under growing pressure from armed assailants who use kidnappings and killings to push people off their land, according to community ...