TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2013
Nicaragua News Bulletin (June 18, 2013)
1. Ortega and Wang Jing sign canal concession agreement
2. Nicaragua hit by series of earthquakes
3. US drops some claims in advance of the July property waiver
4. Nicaragua receives FAO award for reducing malnutrition
5. Nicaragua 7th most peaceful country in Latin America
6. Campaign to end child labor and sexual exploitation
7. Solka case reversed by US court
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Posted At 01:06 PM
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MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013
Book Review: A True History of the Anti-Contra War Campaign
by Chuck Kaufman
A Call to Conscience: The Anti-Contra War Campaign
by Roger Peace
University of Massachusetts Press
American History / American Studies
302 pp., 1 map
$28.95 paper, ISBN 978-1-55849-932-4
Posted At 04:06 PM
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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2013
Nicaragua News Bulletin (June 11, 2013)
1. Inter-oceanic canal bill reported out of National Assembly committee
2. Canal concession meets with mixed reactions
3. Government announces plan for new agricultural season
4. Rains cause damage and deaths
5. San Cristóbal and Cerro Negro Volcanoes active again
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Posted At 01:06 PM
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 05, 2013
Nicaragua Climate Change Delegation
This delegation is in Nicargua now!
Climate Change, Water, and Sustainability
June 10 - 21, 2013
At the crossroads between North and South America, Nicaragua is astonishingly bio-diverse and is a regional leader in terms of energy from renewable resources. It is also on the frontline of climate change, suffering increasingly from desertification, flooding and crop devastation. And, this little country is also profoundly engaged in two projects that could re-shape the world.
Posted At 10:06 AM
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TUESDAY, JUNE 04, 2013
Nicaragua News Bulletin (June 4, 2013)
1. Venezuelan President Maduro visits Nicaragua, confirms support
2. US Ambassador Powers highlights “solid relationship”
3. Struggle to protect forest and indigenous land continues
4. Program promotes farming with native seed
5. Nicaragua’s work against money laundering recognized
6. Tsunami drill 90% effective
7. Archeological excavations resume in Chontales
8. A push for more recycling
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Posted At 12:06 PM
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TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2013
Nicaragua News Bulletin (May 28, 2013)
1. Government to continue electricity subsidy but penalize illegal hookups
2. Ortega government presents annual report
3. Rainy season starts
4. Colombia preparing challenge to World Court decision
5. Nicaragua sells sugar to Venezuela bypassing transnationals
6. Census shows childhood malnutrition is halved
7. Zero Usury loans to double
8. Government launches anti-drug education campaign
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Posted At 11:05 AM
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TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013
Nicaragua News Bulletin (May 21, 2013)
1. Ortega confirms plans for trans-isthmian canal
2. Government modifies proposal for Social Security reform
3. HIV/AIDS testing and treatment improve
4. Archeological discoveries on Caribbean Coast announced
5. US donates anti-narcotics equipment to Nicaragua
6. New wind farm inaugurated
7. Water and sewer access continues to grow
8. US foundation supplies medical training and medicines
Posted At 12:05 PM
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TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
Nicaragua News Bulletin (May 14, 2013)
1. UNESCO asks for protection of indigenous in Bosawas Reserve; government announces prosecutions
2. Churchmen, with one exception, lambast Law 779
3. Government presents outline of plan to confront coffee leaf rust
4. Hydroelectric projects moveforward
5. Nicaragua pays for Venezuela oil with food
6. Ortega meets with Palestinian Foreign Minister
7. Nicaraguan students to receive NASA training
8. School lunch supplies distributed
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Posted At 04:05 PM
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TUESDAY, MAY 07, 2013
Nicaragua News Bulletin (May 7, 2013)
1. Central American presidents meet with Obama in San Jose
2. Petrocaribe presidents meet in Caracas
3. Changes possible in Law against Violence toward Women
4. Commission meets to consider Bosawas invasions
5. National Assembly approves agreement to boost cacao production
6. Foreign debt rises
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Posted At 01:05 PM
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TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
Nicaragua News Bulletin (April 30, 2013)
1. Indigenous Mayangna killed in Bosawas confrontation with colonizers
2. Two polls show strong support for government
3. United States has benefited most from DR-CAFTA
4. International Coffee Organization to help fight leaf rust in Central America
5. World Bank donates US$16.7 million for preschool education
6. Student desk deficit addressed
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Posted At 12:04 PM
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