# Nick Candy-linked company won Nicaragua mining rights days after he met dictator’s son

https://mins.news/en/item/62062

- Financial Times, 2026-09-17 04:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.ft.com/content/25c69be0-d2f5-4341-bc7f-f671c01ddb39?syn-25a6b1a6=1

> A company linked to Nick Candy won mining rights in Nicaragua days after Candy met Laureano Ortega, the son of nominally socialist dictator Daniel Ortega.