(posted April 19, 12:00 p.m.)- The latest showdown between the government and the private sector ended in a satisfactory compromise this Friday when Nicaragua’s  telecom regulatory institute (TELCOR) agreed to modify a controversial administrative decree that businesses leaders claimed was...

Nicaragua’s two largest private business chambers are lambasting a new decree by the government’s telecom regulatory institute (TELCOR) that says all private telecommunications companies need to get government approval for their managers, directors, newsroom chiefs and systems managers. All telecom...

Opinion. Thirty-six entrepreneurs representing 25 companies from Mexico to Chile arrived in Managua, Nicaragua this week for the start of Agora Partnerships’ Entrepreneur Retreat, a four-day kick-off to Agora’s Impact Accelerator. The phrase Impact Accelerator refers to a program that...

As a general rule, Managua gets better looking the farther away you get. But a leading advisory firm for global outsourcing and investment says Nicaragua’s homely capital deserves a closer look. Thanks to improved infrastructure, competitive costs, a skilled bilingual...

Mitt Romney campaigned on the idea that “America has got to champion small business.” Well, that’s exactly what White Shark Media, Inc. has been doing for the past year by helping small and mid-size business owners with their advertising efforts...

MANAGUA—Puma Energy, the international petroleum company that purchased ExxonMobil’s assets in Central America earlier this year, is purring about Nicaragua’s “promising future.” “This is a country with enormous potential for growth, and we want to be a part of that...

(posted March 2,1:00 p.m.)- Passengers flying to Managua on American Airlines will soon have the option of getting more legroom without upgrading to First Class. As part of the airline’s Chapter 11 reorganization, American Airlines is modernizing its entire mainline...

Economists, politicos and business leaders are offering mixed interpretations of Tuesday’s unexpected shakeup in the Central Bank, and wondering aloud what the managerial move might mean for the country’s macroeconomic stability and dubious democratic institutionalism. The private sector is urging...

  Nicaragua’s Sahlman Seafoods this week became a giant in the land of shrimps. On Wednesday, this small U.S. seafood company emerged from its shrimp farm among the mangroves of Chinandega to receive the U.S. State Department’s highest international business...

Despite President Daniel Ortega’s promise to continue cooperating with the private sector, Nicaragua’s largest business chamber claims his government is already ruffling feathers in country’s poultry industry. On Tuesday, the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (COSEP) accused the Sandinista government...