Exiled Nicaraguan journalist Gerall Chavez prepares to record a news program about Nicaragua's news for YouTube from his residence in San Jose on May 10, 2026. Broadcasting from an improvised television studio set up in the living room of a house, Chavez and Yelsin Espinoza are among more than 300 Nicaraguan journalists forced into exile following the political crisis that began in 2018. Seven years ago, they founded the digital news outlet Nicaragua Actual, from where they continue reporting despite censorship and persecution. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP via Getty Images)