Wenski has close ties to Nicaragua with south Florida’s proximity to the Caribbean nation, and the fact that Miami has the largest Nicaraguan population of any American city.

Miss Universe Nicaragua is the latest pageant to make its home in Miami. Local company, Emporium Agency, obtained the rights to the pageant franchise from the Miss Universe organization last week ...

More Nicaraguans forced into exile 02:54. MIAMI - Sheynnis Palacios became the first Nicaraguan to win the title of Miss Universe. That moment of joy for millions of Nicaraguans – including ...

Wenski’s words came during a Mass for peace in Nicaragua and the release of Alvarez on the feast of the Queenship of Mary in Miami’s Church of St. Michael the Archangel.

Joel Gaitan, a self-taught, Miami-based artist of Nicaraguan descent, leans into drama for his art exhibitions. In "En El Corazón Del Infierno, En Las Alturas Del Cielo,” Gaitan's show displays ...

Violeta Chamorro, whose 1990 upset victory made her Nicaragua's first female president — and ushered peace into civil war-ravaged Central America — was laid to rest this week after dying in exile in ...

For Baez, one of his concelebrant priests and many in the pews who have had to flee or were exiled from Nicaragua recently, the Sunday afternoon Mass at the Miami parish is not only a way to find ...

Nicaragua’s new beauty queen will be crowned at a gala in Miami in July, then head to the Miss Universe pageant on Nov. 21 in Thailand.. Indiana Sánchez, a Nicaraguan beauty queen and ...

Nicaragua’s congress, dominated by Ortega’s Sandinista National Liberation Front, has ordered the closure of more than 3,000 nongovernmental organizations, including Mother Teresa’s charity.