Nicaraguan Red Cross

The Nicaraguan Red Cross (Cruz Roja Nicaragüense), is a member of the Red Cross Society and the national ambulance service in Nicaragua. Founded in 1934, it remains the country's emergency medical response organization. The Nicaraguan Red Cross has its headquarters in Managua.

In May 2023 the Nicaraguan government passed a law to close the agency amid a government crackdown on charities, civic groups, and religious groups and democratic backsliding under Daniel Ortega leadership. The bill was passed after the Nicaraguan government accused the red cross of attacking the country's "peace and stability" during the 2018 Nicaraguan protests during which it helped treat injured protesters. The bill also ordered the seizure of the red cross's properties by the government and ordered the government's ministry of health to create a new national red cross.