The following lists events in the year 2022 in Nicaragua.

Incumbents

Daniel Ortega José Daniel Ortega Saavedra (; born 11 November 1945) is a Nicaraguans, Nicaraguan revolutionary and politician serving as President of Nicaragua since 2007. Previously he was leader of Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990, first as coordinator of the ...

* Vice President:

Rosario Murillo Rosario María Murillo Zambrana (; born 22 June 1951) is a Nicaraguan politician and poet who has held the position of Vice President of Nicaragua, the country's second highest office, since January 2017 and First Lady of Nicaragua since 2007 ...

Events

* 6 January – A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hits Nicaragua. * 12 January – Israel and the

Argentine foreign ministry The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship ( es, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto; MRECIC), informally referred to as the Chancellery ( es, Cancillería), is the Argentine government minis ...

separately issue condemnations against the presence of Iranian minister Mohsen Rezai at the inauguration of Nicaraguan President

. Rezai is wanted by Argentina for his alleged connections to the 1994

AMIA bombing The AMIA bombing occurred on 18 July 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and targeted the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA; ), a Jewish Community Centre. Executed as a suicidal attack, a bomb-laden van was driven into the AMIA buildi ...

. * 6 June –

9th Summit of the Americas The Ninth Summit of the Americas was an international conference held in Los Angeles, United States, from June 6 to 10, 2022. The theme was "Building a Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Future". Background The White House announced in January ...

: The Biden administration bans the president of Nicaragua from attending this year's

Summit of the Americas The Summit of the Americas (SOA) is an international summit meeting that brings together the leaders of countries in the Organization of American States (OAS). Cuba was expelled from the OAS under pressure from the United States after the Cuban Re ...

in Los Angeles, United States. * 30 June – Hurricane watches are issued for Nicaragua and

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

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 Costa Rica–Nicaragua border is the long international border, extending east–west, between the Caribbean Sea (E) and the Pacific Ocean (W) it separates the northern part of Costa Rica from the Southern part of Nicaragua. It passes near ...

. 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. * 4 July –

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

suspends classes as Hurricane Bonnie passes through Central America. Deaths have been reported in Nicaragua and El Salvador. * 28 July – Fifteen people are killed and 47 others are injured after a bus crash in Esteli, Nicaragua. * 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. *9 October – Hurricane Julia makes landfall overnight in Laguna de Perlas. *6 November – 2022 Nicaraguan local elections *2 December: The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom adds Cuba, Nicaragua, and the Russian

paramilitary A paramilitary is an organization whose structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces. Paramilitary units carr ...

organization Wagner Group to its blacklist of countries and organizations violating international religious freedom, signalling possible sanctions by the

U.S. government The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, a city within a fede ...

Deaths

* 29 January – David Green, baseball player ( St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants) (born 1960) * 11 February –

Hugo Torres Jiménez Hugo Torres Jiménez (25 April 1948 – 11 February 2022) was a Nicaraguan Sandinista guerrilla and military leader who was a brigadier general in the Nicaraguan Armed Forces. During the Sandinista National Liberation Front effort to overthrow ...

, Sandinista guerrilla and military leader * 5 March –

Roberto Rivas Reyes Roberto José Rivas Reyes (6 July 1954 – 5 March 2022) was a Nicaraguan politician who was President of the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE). Rivas became a CSE magistrate in 1995, and five years later became its president. Biography As of ...

, magistrate, president of the Supreme Electoral Council (2000–2018) * 9 December –

Pedro Miguel Arce Pedro Miguel Arce (17 June 1976 – 9 December 2022) was a Nicaraguan film and television actor based in Canada. He was known for his roles in ''Land of the Dead'' and ''Get Rich or Die Tryin' (film), Get Rich or Die Tryin, as well as televi ...

, Nicaraguan-born Canadian actor.

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