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Is economic expansion helping human development in Nicaragua?

Despite a period of steady economic expansion under the second coming of the Sandinista government, Nicaragua has not made any notable progress in the United Nation’s Human Development Index over the past six years. In the 2013 index, released by...

March 17, 2013 · 5 Comments

UNH students defend Nicaragua study abroad program

Editor’s note, March 21: UNH Dean Neil Vroman’s response to this article has been added at the end. After leading more than a 150 university students on a dozen service projects to Nicaragua, University of New Hampshire (UNH) professor Pamela...

March 12, 2013 · 18 Comments

Nicaraguans seek asylum in Honduras

A group of Nicaraguans claiming to be victims of political violence and persecution by the Sandinista government has fled across the northern border into Honduras to seek political asylum, according to Honduran press. The group of 32 Nicaraguans—28 men, three...

March 6, 2013 · No Comments

Nicaragua asks Cuba to help revamp education

The Sandinista government is turning to its old comrade Cuba for help rebuilding Nicaragua’s underperforming education system. A delegation from Cuba’s Ministry of Education arrived in Nicaragua on Monday to conduct a two-week evaluation of Nicaragua’s public school system to...

February 26, 2013 · 2 Comments

Neil Armstrong Observatory has Nicaragua stargazing

The students of Managua’s Pierre & Marie Curie high school are stargazing more than usual these days thanks to the recent inauguration of Latin America’s first academic observatory, named in honor of U.S. moonwalker Neil Armstrong. The observatory, which houses...

February 25, 2013 · 3 Comments

Bad Poetry Festival- Day 3 readings

Welcome to Day 3 of our II Annual Bad Poetry Festival, a celebration of all the putrid prose and stinky stanzas penned by the lousy poets who didn’t get invited to that other poetry festival that’s going on this week...

February 22, 2013 · No Comments

Bad Poetry Festival- Day 2 readings

Welcome to Day 2 of our II Annual Bad Poetry Festival, a celebration of all the putrid prose and stinky stanzas penned by the lousy poets who didn’t get invited to that other poetry festival that’s going on this week...

February 20, 2013 · 3 Comments

Bad Poetry Festival- Day 1 readings

Welcome to Day 1 of our II Annual Bad Poetry Festival, a celebration of all the putrid prose and stinky stanzas penned by the lousy poets who didn’t get invited to that other poetry festival that’s going on this week...

February 19, 2013 · 1 Comment

Kevin Fleming: I’m being held illegally in Nicaragua

Canadian developer Kevin Fleming, Chairman of Grupo Mariana, claims he is being “unlawfully detained in Nicaragua.” On Feb. 4, Fleming was notified by Nicaraguan immigration authorities that he is prohibited from leaving the country due to a pending defamation case...

February 18, 2013 · 186 Comments

ND holds II Bad Poetry Festival

Back without popular demand, The Nicaragua Dispatch is proud to announce its Second Annual Bad Poetry Festival, which will run next week during Granada’s International Poetry Festival. While 300 of the world’s top poets descend on Granada to enlighten and...

February 15, 2013 · 3 Comments

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