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Hail falls in Esteli

(posted April 4, 7:00 a.m.)- Unseasonable rains, strong winds and even a brief hailstorm surprised Nicaraguans living in León, Chinandega and Estelí yesterday afternoon, according to local media reports. The unexpected weather during a week that’s usually among the driest...
April 4, 2012 · No Comments


Why is it still raining?

Why is it still raining?

GRANADA—One or two freak showers at the beginning of the dry season is normal. Three or four unseasonable rains in late December is curious. But repeated cloudbursts at the end of January—nearly three months after the rainy season has supposedly...
February 2, 2012 · 4 Comments


Missing Navy vessel found, crew alive

The 27 people lost at sea Sunday during a navy evacuation of the Miskito Cays were found alive Tuesday morning by the fishing boat Sun Ha, according to the Nicaraguan Navy. The captain of the fishing boat reportedly found the...
October 26, 2011 · No Comments


Will flooding affect delivery of election materials?

The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) announced all the ballots for the Nov. 6 general elections have been printed and are now being packed for delivery next weekend to 12,960 voting stations across the country. “We are ready, logistically speaking, for...
October 25, 2011 · No Comments


Ortega declares state of national disaster

Ortega declares state of national disaster

Tourists are prohibited from climbing Ometepe's Concepcion Volcano until the rainy season has ended, according to an Oct. 17 decision by Civil Defense authorities.
October 18, 2011 · No Comments


Hundreds evacuated as rains continue

  Nicaragua’s Armed Forces were deployed Saturday to evacuate 48 families from flooded communities in the municipality of San Francisco Libre, north of Managua. A total of 179 men, women and children were evacuated by helicopters and boats from seven...
October 16, 2011 · No Comments


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  • Ortega’s reforms OK’d by Congress

    (posted May 15, 7:00 p.m.)- To the surprise of nobody, the Sandinista-dominated National Assembly today approved President Daniel Ortega’s electoral reform package proposed last month after weeks of breathless hype by First Lady Rosario Murillo. The vote was passed with…

  • IMF: Nicaragua’s economy must grow faster

    (posted May 15, 12:50 p.m.)-Despite Nicaragua’s strong economic recovery from the financial crisis of 2008-09, the country must grow its economy even faster to reduce poverty, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Following a nine-day IMF visit to the…

  • FAO: Nicaragua needs to decentralize response to malnutrition

    (posted May 14, 1:30 p.m.)- The Nicaraguan government needs to decentralize its efforts to provide food security and combat malnutrition, which affects 19% of the population—one of the highest levels in Latin America, according to the UN’s Food and Agricultural…

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