Prominent Nicaraguan dissident shot dead in exile in Costa Rica
Roberto Samcam was killed after an assailant disguised as a delivery driver arrived at his condo, according to his wife.

Roberto Samcam was killed after an assailant disguised as a delivery driver arrived at his condo, according to his wife.
The move is part of a crackdown against groups viewed as hostile to President Daniel Ortega.
The UN’s top court has thrown out Nicaragua’s request to halt German arms sales to Israel.
These were the updates for the ICJ ruling on Nicaragua’s case against Germany on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
Germany says 98 percent of arms exports to Israel since October 7 were equipment like vests, helmets and binoculars.
All the updates from the ICJ hearing in Nicaragua’s request that emergency measures be imposed on Germany.
Nicaragua joins Mexico in severing ties with Quito, while Brazil said the embassy raid is a clear violation of law.
Washington says Morales Urbina ‘exploited her office to facilitate a coordinated campaign to suppress dissent’.
A makeshift courtroom was set up in a French airport to investigate human trafficking concerns.
Ten of the passengers apply for French asylum, as judges probe whether a criminal group is linked to trafficking.
The priests were arrested as part of an ongoing crackdown on the Catholic Church following mass protests in 2018.