Exiled Nicaraguan journalist Gerall Chavez prepares to record a YouTube news program about Nicaragua alongside his colleague Yelsin Espinoza, 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 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)