2022 in Nicaragua

See also: 2022 in Central America and 2022 in the Caribbean

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See also:	Other events of 2022 Timeline of Nicaraguan history

The following lists events in the year 2022 in Nicaragua.

Incumbents

• President: Daniel Ortega
• Vice President: Rosario Murillo

Events

See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Nicaragua

• 6 January – A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Nicaragua.[1]
• 12 January – Israel and the Argentine foreign ministry separately issue condemnations against the presence of Iranian minister Mohsen Rezai at the inauguration of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. Rezai is wanted by Argentina for his alleged connections to the 1994 AMIA bombing.[2]
• 6 June – 9th Summit of the Americas: The Biden administration bans the president of Nicaragua from attending this year's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, United States.
• 30 June – Hurricane watches are issued for Nicaragua and Costa Rica as Potential Tropical Cyclone Two is expected to form into Tropical Storm Bonnie in the coming hours.
• 2 July – Tropical Storm Bonnie makes landfall near the Costa Rica–Nicaragua border. The storm subsequently crosses over from the Atlantic basin to the Pacific basin, becoming the first storm to do so since Hurricane Otto in 2016. One person is reported missing in Trinidad and Tobago.[3]
• 4 July – El Salvador suspends classes as Hurricane Bonnie passes through Central America. Deaths have been reported in Nicaragua and El Salvador.[4]
• 28 July – Fifteen people are killed and 47 others are injured after a bus crash in Esteli, Nicaragua.[5]
• 19 August – Police in Nicaragua confirm that they have arrested an anti-Ortega Roman Catholic bishop in Managua and warned against further "provocative and destabilizing" activities amongst the clergy.[6]
• 9 October – Hurricane Julia makes landfall overnight in Laguna de Perlas.[7]
• 6 November – 2022 Nicaraguan local elections
• 2 December: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom adds Cuba, Nicaragua, and the Russian paramilitary organization Wagner Group to its blacklist of countries and organizations violating international religious freedom, signalling possible sanctions by the U.S. government.[8]

Deaths

• 29 January – David Green, baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants) (born 1960)[9]
• 11 February – Hugo Torres Jiménez, Sandinista guerrilla and military leader[10]
• 5 March – Roberto Rivas Reyes, magistrate, president of the Supreme Electoral Council (2000–2018)[11]
• 9 December – Pedro Miguel Arce, Nicaraguan-born Canadian actor.[12]

See also

• List of years in Nicaragua
• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
• COVID-19 pandemic in North America
• Public holidays in Nicaragua

References

1. "Strong earthquake shakes Nicaragua". AP NEWS. 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
2. "Argentina slams Iranian VP travel despite part in AMIA bombing". The Jerusalem Post | Jpost.com. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
3. "Tropical Storm BONNIE". www.nhc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
4. de 2022, 4 de Julio (4 July 2022). "Alerta climatológica en México, Centroamérica y el Caribe por el paso de la tormenta Bonnie". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-21.
5. "At least 13 Venezuelans killed in Nicaraguan traffic accident". Reuters. 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
6. de 2022, 19 de Agosto (19 August 2022). "La policía de Nicaragua confirmó que detuvo al obispo Rolando Álvarez y lo puso bajo arresto domiciliario en Managua". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-21.
7. "Hurricane Julia makes landfall in Nicaragua, U.S. NHC says". Reuters. 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
8. "US adds Cuba, Nicaragua, Wagner Group to religious freedom blacklist". France 24. 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
9. Gómez, Alexander (2022-01-30). "Muere nicaraguense David Green quien fuera comparado con Roberto Clemente". El Emergente (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-21.
10. "Nicaragua dissident jailed under Ortega dies in prison: family". France 24. 2022-02-12. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
11. "Muere Roberto Rivas, el exmagistrado que entronizó al régimen Ortega-Murillo mediante fraudes electorales". Confidencial (in Spanish). 2022-03-06. Retrieved 2022-09-21.
12. Squires, John (2022-12-12). "'Land of the Dead' Actor Pedro Miguel Arce Has Passed Away at 46". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved 2022-12-28.