Poll: employment, cost of living top Nicaraguans’ concerns
Despite Nicaragua’s steady economic expansion in recent years, a growing number of Nicaraguans—particularly non-Sandinistas— are feeling pinched in the wallet, anxious about finding employment, and worried about making ends meet,...
Living in a house of cards
Opinion. A house of cards is a structure created by stacking playing cards one on top of the other. It is also an expression that refers to an empty structure...
New footbridge keeps rural community connected
Joined by the community of El Dorado, the Estelí Rotary Club and the non-governmental organization Bridges to Prosperity, U.S. Ambassador Phyllis Powers last weekend helped inaugurate the newly constructed El...
Is Nicaragua’s renewable energy revolution maxing out?
The rapid growth of Nicaragua’s renewable energy sector took another spin forward last week when British-funded company Globeleq inaugurated a 44-megawatt wind project in Rivas. The inauguration of the Eolo...
Don’t let strangers in your house
Opinion. He must have smelled my novelty as I walked through Granada’s streets from the Central Park toward Calle Saint Lucia to view my apartment for the first time. As...
Politics
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Rights activists call journalist’s deportation illegal, authoritarian
(updated May 13, 3:15 p.m.)- Nicaragua’s Center for Human Rights (CENIDH) is blasting last weekend’s deportation of Chilean photojournalist Héctor Retamal as an “authoritarian” and...
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Nicaragua’s Ortega plays opposing roles at weekend summits
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Obama promises renewed ties during summit
Features
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Poll: employment, cost of living top Nicaraguans’ concerns
Despite Nicaragua’s steady economic expansion in recent years, a growing number of Nicaraguans—particularly non-Sandinistas— are feeling pinched in the wallet, anxious about finding employment, and...
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Soccer players take shot at sex ed
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Pastora: Costa Rica loses big with new canal route
Interviews
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Nicaraguan businessman recounts abuses in Esteli raids
After 45 years of toiling as an entrepreneur to develop a successful chain of family-owned hardware stores in Estelí, Roberto Moncada, 69, watched in horror...
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Mayangna: gov’t finally responding to Bosawas crisis
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Granada’s adopted son returns home
Business/Travel
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Is Nicaragua’s renewable energy revolution maxing out?
The rapid growth of Nicaragua’s renewable energy sector took another spin forward last week when British-funded company Globeleq inaugurated a 44-megawatt wind project in Rivas....
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Nicaragua’s Ave Maria becomes Keiser University
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Petrocaribe eyes future without Chavez
Blogs/Opinion
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Living in a house of cards
Opinion. A house of cards is a structure created by stacking playing cards one on top of the other. It is also an expression that...
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Don’t let strangers in your house
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The importance and challenges of learning Spanish
Community News
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New footbridge keeps rural community connected
Joined by the community of El Dorado, the Estelí Rotary Club and the non-governmental organization Bridges to Prosperity, U.S. Ambassador Phyllis Powers last weekend helped...
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Nicaragua’s pocoyo: the master of camouflage
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Momotombo on tour with new music

