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Security & Strategic Review - December 2025
NICARAGUA: Rights concerns over Chinese mining concessions
In October Nicaraguan civil rights groups expressed fresh concerns that Chinese mining firms are being allowed to operate in the country by the authoritarian government led by co-presidents Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, without any respect for the environment or the rights of local indigenous communities. The warnings were sparked by the Ortega-Murillo administration’s awarding of significant new concessions to three Chinese firms with little transparency regarding concession terms, including what safeguards, if any, the firms would take to protect sensitive ecosystems or the indigenous communities within concession areas.
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