Viva Nicaragua Canal 13

What is Viva Nicaragua Canal 13?

Viva Nicaragua Canal 13 is a Nicaraguan television channel. Its site carries the line “© 2026 Viva Nicaragua Canal Trece, Celeste S.A - Todos los derechos reservados.”^[1]

Ownership, as monitored. Reporters Without Borders, in its 2026 entry for Nicaragua, states: “The Ortega-Murillo family has taken direct control of several national media outlets, including TV channels Canal 8, 4, 9, and 13, as well as radio stations such as Radio Ya and Radio Sandino, transforming the media landscape into a tool for government propaganda and silencing dissenting voices.”^[3] The company named in the channel's copyright line is Celeste S.A; the site's pages retrieved say nothing further about its shareholders, and no licence record from the regulator TELCOR was retrieved.^[1]

Its sports news is published on the path vivanicaragua.com.ni/deportes of the parent domain, under the headings Béisbol, Fútbol and Deportes.^[2]

What does Viva Nicaragua cover?

As retrieved on 26 September 2026, the home page carried items published that day, and the sports section's twelve most recent items ran from 11 to 25 September 2026.^[1][2]

Professional baseball. On 9 September 2026 it reported that the Dantos would join the professional league as a new franchise, and that “El campeonato Claro del beisbol profesional dará inicio el 27 de noviembre y finalizará el 9 de febrero del 2027.”^[6] On 25 September 2026 it reported the draft: “Los seis equipos de la nueva edición de la pelota profesional nicaragüense se presentaron para escoger, mediante el Draft, a los peloteros nacionales previo al inicio de la Liga Profesional Claro 2026-2027.” It reported that each team has 10 protected players and 5 reserves in the U-23 category, and that of 12 rounds set, players were chosen in 8.^[4]

The national championship. On 19 September it carried “Equipos reforzados para los playoffs del Pomares 2026”.^[2]

A weekly sport report. On 13 September 2026 it reported the weekly report on the promotion and development of sport, at which the secondary-school medallists who had represented Nicaragua at the Juegos Estudiantiles Centroamericanos in Honduras were presented, and at which, in its words, “se informó sobre la próxima participación de la Selección U15 de Béisbol de Nicaragua en el Campeonato Mundial que se desarrollará en México.”^[7]

Football. On 10 September 2026 it reported a FENIFUT press conference on the national team's preparation for the Concacaf Nations League 2026/27, and stated: “Nicaragua está ubicada en el Grupo A de la Liga A de concacaf, donde competirá contra las selecciones de Costa Rica, Curazao, Haití y República Dominicana.” It reported that the home kit “destaca por rendir un especial homenaje al príncipe de las letras castellanas, Rubén Darío”, and that the team would return to the Estadio Nacional de Fútbol on 1 and 4 October to receive Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic; those matches had not been played on 26 September 2026.^[5] On 18 September it reported that Armando Archundia had taken over as FENIFUT's director of refereeing.^[2]

Other sport. It carried the Managua boxing card “Puños Patrios 2026”, an item on the national distribution of sports equipment, and Spanish and Argentine football.^[2]

How large is Viva Nicaragua's audience?

No audited television audience, ratings or web-traffic figure for Viva Nicaragua Canal 13 was retrieved, and no Nicaraguan audience-measurement body publishing channel figures was found. The regulator TELCOR's statistics pages could not be retrieved.

Since when has Viva Nicaragua existed?

No founding or licensing date for Viva Nicaragua Canal 13 or for Celeste S.A was retrieved. The channel's site has no retrievable page about the company, and the regulator's licence information could not be retrieved.

The site was publishing on 26 September 2026, and its sports section's items retrieved run back to 11 September 2026.^[1][2]

Why does Viva Nicaragua matter in Nicaragua's sport?

Its report of 25 September 2026 gives the professional baseball season the sponsored name Liga Profesional Claro 2026-2027, its report of 9 September 2026 gives the season's dates and its new franchise, and its report of 10 September 2026 sets out the national football team's Nations League group; the same week it covered the Pomares championship and FENIFUT's refereeing appointment.^[4][6][5][2]

Reporters Without Borders names Canal 13 among the television channels it says the Ortega-Murillo family has taken direct control of; that is the monitor's statement, quoted in full above.^[3]