Nicaraguan Governor Seizes Catholic School Amid Claims It Is Site of Past Crimes

Nicaraguan dictatorship confiscates Catholic school: ‘An outrage against religious freedom’

Rosario Murillo is “co-president” of Nicaragua. / Credit: Nicaraguan Council for Communication and Citizenship (CC0 1.0) ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 15, 2025 / 14:03 pm (CNA). The dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and his wife and “co-president” Rosario ... [...]

Nicaraguan Dictatorship Confiscates Catholic School: ‘An Outrage Against Religious Freedom’

Nicaraguan Council for Communication and Citizenship Rosario Murillo is “co-president” of Nicaragua. Regarding what will happen to her daughter, the woman was clear: 'I don’t want her to end up in a school where the only thing that will take place is indoctrination by a dictatorship.'

Nicaraguan governor seizes Catholic school amid claims it is site of past crimes

The U.S. State Department's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs blasted the school's seizure in a X post, decrying the "cruelty" of the nation's dictatorship.

Nicaraguan government seizes school run by Josephine Sisters

The Murillo-Ortega government confiscates the San José School run by the Josephine Sisters, accusing it of being the site of past crimes. The move has drawn a sharp reaction from the U.S. State Department. Read all

Nicaraguan dictatorship attacks the Church once again and expropriates school owned by nuns - ZENIT

(ZENIT News / Managua, 08.15.2025).- The seizure of the San José boarding school in Jinotepe, once a hallmark of Catholic education in Nicaragua’s Carazo region, is not an isolated event—it is the latest in a methodical dismantling of the Church’s institutional presence under President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo. For 40 years, the school was run by the Sisters of St. Joseph, whose congregation arrived in Nicaragua in 1915. …