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Mayangna: gov’t finally responding to Bosawas crisis

Mayangna: gov’t finally responding to Bosawas crisis

Mayangna leaders tell The Nicaragua Dispatch that National Police have finally started to respond to illegal land invasions inside Bosawás Biosphere Reserve by forcibly removing 180 mestizo “colonists” from the indigenous territory of Sauni Tuahka. “We finally have a response...
May 9, 2013 · 3 Comments

Granada’s adopted son returns home

Granada’s adopted son returns home

Silvio Sirias was 11 when his family moved to Nicaragua. Born to Granadinos living in Los Angeles, the would-be writer was uprooted and transplanted to the Gran Sultana, which he immediately adopted as his new hometown. In California, Sirias had...
April 25, 2013 · No 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

Does Nicaragua have a tourism minister?

Does Nicaragua have a tourism minister?

Update (posted April 9, 2:00 p.m.) Murillo confirms Salinas is out. Resurfaced rumors that Tourism Minister Mario Salinas has been fired due to personal differences with Nicaragua’s powerful and controlling first lady have sent an unwelcome wave of doubt rolling...
April 9, 2013 · 8 Comments

35 years after exile, teacher still inspired by Nicaragua

35 years after exile, teacher still inspired by Nicaragua

Kendal Knetemann had a charmed childhood growing up in Nicaragua. She went on play dates with her classmates, visited Playa Pochomil with her family, and swam competitively with Managua’s “Tiburones” swim team at Nejapa Country Club. Though her parents were...
April 3, 2013 · 19 Comments

Feminists denounce Nicaragua’s culture of impunity

Feminists denounce Nicaragua’s culture of impunity

Feminist leaders say there is a diverging reality gap between Nicaragua’s progressive legislative efforts to protect women’s rights and the country’s predominant culture of impunity and machismo which create a permissive environment for gender violence. “The problem is not the...
March 19, 2013 · 5 Comments

Surfing video promotes responsible development in Nicaragua

Surfing video promotes responsible development in Nicaragua

Professional surfer Kyle Thiermann thinks surfing is about more than just chasing great waves and drinking unfamiliar beers in exotic locations. The 23-year-old California native says surfers, as pioneering tourists, have the power and obligation to affect positive change in...
March 4, 2013 · 5 Comments

Former mayor seeks political asylum in US

Former mayor seeks political asylum in US

Three months after making a stand against the Sandinista government amid the messy aftermath of last November’s electoral debacle in Nueva Guinea, former opposition Mayor Denis Obando claims the political heat has become too intense in Nicaragua, forcing him and...
February 13, 2013 · 7 Comments

Cabrera ready for spring training

Cabrera ready for spring training

After leading the National League in stolen bases last season, Nicaraguan speed demon Everth Cabrera, the San Diego Padres presumptive starting shortstop for the 2013 season, was named Nicaraguan Athlete of the Year in a private ceremony Friday evening. The...
February 10, 2013 · No Comments