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Regional coordination, U.S. commitment needed to fight crime

U.S. domestic policies have significant consequences for criminal violence in Central America. The United States is the top consumer of illegal drugs in the world, yet focuses much of its attention and resources on the supply side of the equation...

April 15, 2012 · No Comments

The Gringo Horseback Chronicles IV

RÍO SAN JUAN—The express boat was packed to the gills. It was riding so low in the water there was literally about two inches of space between the gunwales and the water line, and any significant redistribution would have flipped...

April 13, 2012 · 2 Comments

Will Summit of Americas be tipping point in drug war?

This weekend, on April 14-15, U.S. President Barack Obama will join over 30 other heads of state from throughout the Americas in Cartagena, Colombia for the Summit of the Americas. For the first time ever, a major focus of the...

April 10, 2012 · 1 Comment

Blogs offer alternative media voice on sexual diversity

Recently, the Strategic Group for Sexual Diversity Rights (GEDDS), a network of organizations that fight for the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, transvestite and intersexual community (LGBTTTI), launched a study on the type of coverage Nicaragua’s major...

April 10, 2012 · No Comments

ND teams up with Nicaragua Surf Report

PLAYA COLORADO—The NSR team is excited to be partnering with The Nicaragua Dispatch to provide biweekly surf reports. Nicaragua Surf Report (NSR) is an online surfing and travel resource and we also operate two surf shops on the Pacific Coast,...

April 9, 2012 · 2 Comments

Cooking with Calley P: Semana Santa salsa

Mango and Mimbro are two of my favorite fruits. And, because the seasons for various fruits here are often so short (mimbro will be out of season by May), I’ve got to take advantage of them while I can! The...

April 2, 2012 · 1 Comment

The Gringo Horseback Chronicles III

COMOAPA—The next morning after our trip up Cerro Mombacho, Roy and I to collected our horses to head out. Confia had lost a ton of weight over night and I was extremely worried about her. We could see the loss...

March 30, 2012 · 3 Comments

Nicaragua, Forlorn

MANAGUA—There are few visible signs that Nicaragua had a traumatic Revolution 30 years ago. The ever-present soldiers with their AK-47s are gone, along with their jeeps and trucks. Gone, too, are the billboards, posters, murals, and graffiti with the revolutionary...

March 27, 2012 · 3 Comments

The Gringo Horseback Chronicles II

CAMOAPA—The universe always conspires to provide when something needs to happen. This trip needed to happen and the very next day after my little swim with Tornado, I happened into a conversation with my good friend, Lucia, from Managua. I...

March 22, 2012 · 5 Comments

Surviving the 7-year expat itch

Well it’s been seven years now that our family has lived in Nicaragua. The number seven seems to have a lot of significance in relation to time, seven days in a week, seven years in a cycle, even the seven...

March 19, 2012 · 3 Comments

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