Nicaragua Network

1. World Court issues ruling on two cases between Nicaragua and Costa Rica
2. Violence of colonizers against Miskitos continues
3. National Assembly ends legislative session
4. Three volcanoes currently active in Nicaragua
5. Petrocaribe under discussion
6. Economic briefs: Best retirement havens; report on growth; more air travelers
7. Accused in October violence are released to house arrest for the holidays
 

Continue reading...

1. Momotombo volcano erupts with ash and lava flows
2. Nicaragua celebrates the “Purísima”
3. Ortega sends message to Maduro after elections
4. Caribbean Coast investment increases; shipwrecked crew rescued
5. Renewable energy electricity production hit 70% last weekend
6. National Assembly approves Sovereign Security Law
7. Nicaragua’s fight against HIV/AIDS makes headway
8. Municipalities ban GMOs, promote eco-agriculture

Continue reading...

1. Nicaragua asks for climate justice at Paris meeting
2. SICA meets but with no resolution of Cuban migrant question
3. HKND announces postponement of major canal construction until end of 2016
4. Women march to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
5. Debt relief savings turned to poverty reduction
6. More renewable energy from cane waste; workers still dying from kidney disease
7. Free internet reaches 70 municipalities
8. Telica volcano explosions diminishing

Continue reading...

1. Cuban migrant crisis to be discussed at SICA meeting
2. Antonio Lacayo buried in Managua after helicopter crash that killed four
3. Low coffee prices hurting small and medium growers
4. Several indicted after political violence
5. After three years, Colombia still does not accept World Court ruling
6. Nicaragua leads region in gender equality
7. Foreign aid supports infrastructure improvement
8. International Bird Festival held in Granada

Continue reading...

1. Antonio Lacayo and three others die in helicopter crash
2. Cuban migrants returned to Costa Rica
3. New US ambassador presents credentials; State Department official visits
4. Hearings held on proposed Sovereign Security Law
5. Nicaraguan and Salvadoran presidents meet to increase cooperation
6. Killers of police in South Caribbean Region sentenced
7. Government to give out thousands of property titles
8. Infrastructure projects improve living standards

Continue reading...

1. International FTZ conference held in Managua
2. Government approves canal Environmental Impact Study
3. Nicaragua prepares for the Paris environmental summit
4. Education news: registration for 2016 starts, universities get funding
5. Economic briefs: El Limon talks, World Bank lauds Nicaragua, new home sales up
6. Russia to assist in health efforts
7. Ortega receives credentials of new ambassadors

Continue reading...

1. Seven people reported injured in clashes during anti-canal march
2. IMF says “Nicaragua continues to show a favorable economic performance”
3. Caribbean Coast news: violence, hurricane drill, new Bilwi hospital, and more
4. Economic news: exports, beef, chocolate, cruise ship, sesame, rice
5. Civil Engineering conference focuses on building survival in natural disasters
6. Traffic Police begin use of radar and breathalyzers

Continue reading...

1. Marches scheduled; canal studies continue
2. El Limon Mine workers join dialogue; COSEP condemns violence
3. Electricity access expands while clean energy production increases
4. Budget for 2016 explained
5. House sub-committee hearing on Russian influence in Latin America
6. Economic briefs: good third harvest; banking activity up; 400,000 coffee harvest jobs
7. Prison system infrastructure improved
8. Groups demand law permitting therapeutic abortion

Continue reading...

1. El Limon Mine reopens after police clear barricades
2. M&R Consultores releases new poll
3. WikiLeaks book reveals magnitude of US funding of right-wing opposition
4. Budget for 2016 presented to National Assembly
5. Nicaraguan media outlet notes Sandinista mention in Democratic debate
6. Lake Cocibolca water quality improved by sixteen projects
7. AMNLAE teaches skills to at-risk youth in Granada

Continue reading...

1. Poverty rates continue to decline
2. Violence at El Limon leaves one police officer dead; blockade continues
3. Rancho Grande gold mining concession cancelled based on environmental impact
4. Former sugar cane workers protest violently in Chichigalpa
5. New US ambassador Laura Dogu presents credentials
6. Day of Indigenous and Black Resistance celebrated
7. Remittances and GDP poised to set new records
8. Government to build new sports complex

Continue reading...