Nicaragua Dispatch

[...] wrote at the top of their letter. In the next paragraph, the bishops congratulate the Sandinista government for maintaining a strong conservative stance against abortion and marriage equality. (Viva [...]

[...] (posted Jan. 7, 6:25 p.m.)- In a strange scheduling snafu, the Sandinista government this week announced it was cutting back government work hours to part-time, then 24 hours [...]

[...] another one-year extension of its annual “property waiver” for Nicaragua, granting the Sandinista government access to U.S. bilateral aid and support for multilateral funding for another year. The [...]

[...] love. We have all heard of the proposed changes to the constitution of Nicaragua by the Sandinista government, but I doubt we all know exactly what they entail.  I offer these words and thoughts [...]

[...] absolves them from the need for serious consultation or compromise, presented the constitutional reforms this week with the goal of hurrying them into law before Christmas. If all goes according [...]

[...] . As demonstrated by the recent round of negotiations over the Sandinistas’ new constitutional reforms, the most important decisions about the future of Nicaragua are negotiated privately [...]

[...] ;s democracy and prosperity,” the statement reads. The Sandinistas’ proposed constitutional reforms have been opposed by Nicaragua’s political opposition parties, civil society, the [...]

[...] , Nicaragua’s National Assembly this week approved by a vote of 64 to 26 a series of constitutional reforms that will remove presidential term limits and allow Daniel Ortega to rule by decree. [...]

[...] energy in the region. The energy output of its geothermic resources is considered the best in Central America, with estimated potential reserves of 1,500 MW (in addition to the country’s energy [...]

[...] Retena, L,and Kraesher Mooke, who used to play for Saprissa (R) For the past few months, Central America’s only role in the international media has been that of migrant-exporting hellhole. It’s a [...]

[...] proceed with a criminal investigation. Maria Gabriela Ortiz, a student at the University of Central America (UCA) says, “This is an abuse and a shame, both the police and the perpetrators are [...]

[...] ” and accused the neighboring country of “affecting the balance of Central America and peace in the region.”  Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla today [...]

[...] action against anti-democratic moves by the Sandinista government.  In response to President Daniel Ortega’s latest attempt to reform Nicaragua’s constitution, Ros-Lehtinen issued a [...]

[...] and inauspicious statements about Nicaragua’s future canal plans, President Daniel Ortega and Chinese concessionaire Wang Jing released a joint statement yesterday [...]

[...] direct investment in Nicaragua’s economy has grown by an eyebrow-raising 431% since President Daniel Ortega returned to power in 2007. While the total dollar numbers are still small by most [...]

[...] supermajority from steamrolling their new constitution into law, clearing the way for President Daniel Ortega’s indefinite reelection. The Sandinista reforms were passed today in the second [...]

[...] there. In 1872, after the Nicaraguan government canceled its third consecutive canal concession, U.S. President Ulysses Grant dispatched a [...]

[...] Pastora (photo from INTERPOL) (posted Jan. 4, 11:15 a.m.)- Responding to a request by the Nicaraguan government, INTERPOL has removed former guerrilla leader Edén Pastora from its international [...]

[...] at an average rate of US$ 0.24 per kilowatt/hour.  In 2006, this scenario led the Nicaraguan government to address the need to change its electrical grid. With the government’s openness [...]

[...] “resolved” when the original owner get his or her land back or is indemnified by the Nicaraguan government, according to the U.S. The Sandinista government resolved an additional 52 property [...]