Nicaragua, the forgotten dictatorship

Since a deadly crackdown on protests in 2018, the regime in Nicaragua has sealed the country off from scrutiny. Opponents are driven into exile, local independent media are silenced and no foreign journalists are allowed in. What's left is a media blackout, turning the second-poorest nation in the Americas into a tropical North Korea. FRANCE 24's Laurence Cuvillier and Matthieu Comin attempted to break this silence from Costa Rica, where several hundred thousand Nicaraguans live in exile.

Jan 30, 2026 - 12:00
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Nicaragua, the forgotten dictatorship
Since a deadly crackdown on protests in 2018, the regime in Nicaragua has sealed the country off from scrutiny. Opponents are driven into exile, local independent media are silenced and no foreign journalists are allowed in. What's left is a media blackout, turning the second-poorest nation in the Americas into a tropical North Korea. FRANCE 24's Laurence Cuvillier and Matthieu Comin attempted to break this silence from Costa Rica, where several hundred thousand Nicaraguans live in exile.

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