Posted on 12/15/2025 3:08:14 PM PST by Morgana
Authorities in Nicaragua have prohibited tourists from bringing Bibles into the country amid an escalating crackdown on religious freedom.
Central American media outlet CentroAmérica360 reported that notices at Tica Bus terminals in Costa Rica, which serve routes to Managua, listed books, magazines, printed newspapers, and cameras as prohibited—alongside knives, perishable food, and drones.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has raised the alarm over the issue, as faith leaders in the country have already been subjected to arbitrary detention, and public religious events are frequently restricted to groups “approved” by authorities. Since April 2018, the government has closed more than 5,000 independent civil society organizations, including over 1,300 with a religious focus, and has imposed customs limits on ink and paper, leading to the closure of the critical newspaper El Nuevo Diario.
Anna Lee Stangl, CSW’s Director of Advocacy and Americas Team Leader, said the move is an act of “repression.”
“We call on the government of Nicaragua to lift this ban immediately,” she urged, “and to cease its continued efforts to stifle freedom of religion or belief and expression in the country. We also reiterate our call on the international community to strengthen independent Nicaraguan voices both inside the country and in exile.”
muslim country now ?
Nicaragua has tourist?
Have these people not had enough of Ortega????
Being that they are south of the (UAS) border, I am very surprised it isn’t a majority Catholic country.
oops.. ***USA***
Communist government now?
Why ... yes! Yes, it is.
It does not make sense to me either. I was wondering if anyone here and more info.
Dang, I think ill cancel my vacation now
Communists doing what communists do.
Our local church maintains an active missionary presence there. We’ll need to ramp up our prayer support [note to self].
S holes are s holes because s hole people live there.
Any country doing deal with Russia end up as a hell-hole:
Very recently (October):
Russia, Nicaragua sign agreement on defense cooperation
Moscow and Managua will also cooperate on international platforms, focusing on key issues of global security and stability:
https://tass.com/politics/2033585
Russia, again, aligning itself with the world’s most horrible “countries” (communist Nicaragua)...
General Augusto Pinochet was right about commies and how to deal with them.
That’s the truth.
Nicaragua needs a Pinochet big time.
Brother Andrew was a guy who smuggled untold numbers of Bibles into the Soviet Union. He had many stories of miracles where border guards were literally looking directly at a box of Bibles and not seeing them.
Looks like it’s time for a Brother Andres to start smuggling.
The graph with 33.3% "unaffiliated" cites "Statista" as the data source.
The same Wikipedia page reports the following:
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