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Nicaragua deports AFP photojournalist

(posted May 11, 5:45 p.m.)- The Agence France-Presse (AFP) is demanding answers from the Nicaraguan government after one of its photojournalists was deported by Sandinista authorities after being detained without explanation and held incommunicado for four days in jail. Chilean-born...
May 11, 2013 · 2 Comments

US Rep criticizes Obama for going easy on Ortega

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), a fierce critic of the left-wing governments of ALBA and one of the only U.S. lawmakers who pays any mind to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, released a statement this week criticizing President Barack Obama for...
May 7, 2013 · 15 Comments

Petrocaribe eyes future without Chavez

Petrocaribe eyes future without Chavez

Two months after the death of revolutionary president Hugo Chávez, the Venezuelan-propped Petrocaribe oil alliance is determined to continue growing even in the absence of its visionary and charismatic founder, who passed away to cancer on March 5. Dispelling claims...
May 7, 2013 · 2 Comments

Nicaragua’s Ortega plays opposing roles at weekend summits

Nicaragua’s Ortega plays opposing roles at weekend summits

 After sitting politely and quietly through last Friday’s dinner summit with U.S. President Barack Obama, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega flew to Venezuela on Saturday to assume a more revolutionary posture by condemning perceived U.S. aggressions against the continuation of the...
May 6, 2013 · 17 Comments

Obama promises renewed ties during summit

Obama promises renewed ties during summit

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica—The most powerful president in the world, Barack Obama, descended on the army-less country of Costa Rica Friday afternoon to meet with his counterparts from Central America and the Dominican Republic in a 22-hour summit that aims...
May 4, 2013 · 6 Comments

Central America prepares for Obama

Central America prepares for Obama

U.S. Air Force One is scheduled to touch down at Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaría Airport on Friday at 2 p.m. to begin President Barack Obama’s much-anticipated visit to Central America, where he will meet with the presidents of the region...
May 2, 2013 · 5 Comments

Police chief continues to top polls

(posted April 26, 5:10 a.m.)- For the sixth consecutive year, Nicaraguan Police Chief Aminta Granera continues to be the most popular public figure in Nicaragua, topping the charts with an 83.6% favorability rating, according to poll published this week by...
April 26, 2013 · 1 Comment

Tourist’s tip led to arrest in Nicaragua

Tourist’s tip led to arrest in Nicaragua

(posted April 23, 2:00 p.m.)- A tourist visiting Nicaragua provided the FBI with the tip that led to this week’s arrest and deportation of U.S. citizen and accused pedophile Eric Justin Toth, one of the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted...
April 23, 2013 · 10 Comments

Nicaragua deports FBI’s most wanted fugitive

Nicaragua deports FBI’s most wanted fugitive

(posted April 22, 5:50 p.m.)- One of the FBI’s Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives in the world was handed over to U.S. officials Monday afternoon at Managua’s International Airport to be deported immediately back to the United States to face...
April 23, 2013 · 5 Comments

Nicaragua nabs FBI’s top ten fugitive

Nicaragua nabs FBI’s top ten fugitive

(posted April 22, 2:45 p.m.)- Nicaragua’s National Police has captured one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, according to National Police spokesman Fernando Borge and confirmed by FBI authorities in Washington, D.C. After more than three years on the...
April 22, 2013 · 4 Comments