tips4travels.com gives you the latest news from Nicaragua http://tips4travels.com/en Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:25:55 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/sandinista-government-has-made-improvements-in-people&rsquos-lives.htm [Robert Siegel is a member of the board of the Alliance for Global Justice, of which the Nicaragua Network is the founding member. Siegel has a long history of working in solidarity with Nicaragua. ] ... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/for-u.s.-and-oas-new-challenges-to-latin-american-democracy.htm As the decades of embargo have worn on, and new generations have been born, opinion polls have found Cuban Americans increasing split on the embargo. Click here for full story Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:41:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/managua-a-model-of-how-not-to-rebuild-after-quake.htm MANAGUA -- When Eduardo Chamorro visited Haiti nine days after the earthquake, it all looked horribly, heart-breakingly familiar: the precarious heaps of rubble, the bodies strewn about like broken... Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/elias-shows-how-baseball-exported-&#039american-way&#039.htm U.S. Sen. Eugene McCarthy once suggested that his lack of a big-league arm was a key reason Castro came to hate the U.S. An aspiring pitching ace spurned, McCarthy said, can be a dangerous man wit... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/the-city&#039s-holy-trinity-of-nicaraguan-kitchens.htm food critic Jonathan Kauffman loiters on the city's Nicaraguan restaurant row this week, plowing through party-size platters of chancho frito, baho, and vigorón at a holy trinity of Outer Mission eat... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/chavez-denying-right-to-speech-indicative-of-future.htm Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recently closed down a cable news station in his native country for not complying with a new law that requires all stations to broadcast “mandatory programming, ... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/building-a-lesson-in-nicaragua.htm Andrew Bishop, 16, and Rachel Berkot, 16, talk about their upcoming trip to Nicaragua during a meeting of the BuildOn club at Stamford High School on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Andrew Bishop, 16, and Ra... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/peace-prevails-during-hun-sen-visit.htm Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's tour yesterday morning of Preah Vihear Temple - the subject of conflicting territorial claims with Thailand - went off without any incidents, but doubts remained... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/hun-sen-makes-controversial-visit-to-disputed-border-areas.htm Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's Saturday's (February 6) tour of Preah Vihear Temple - situated on land claimed by both Cambodia and Thailand - went off peacefully, but doubts remained about his int... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/nicaragua-the-real-deal.htm While there are touristy areas in Nicaragua, much of the country retains its unique culture, customs and festivals such as Palo de Mayo. The week-long festival, which takes place at the end of May, is... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/grads-in-search-of-funds-for-nicaragua-trip.htm . Trying to make a difference is what it’s all about for two former Westby graduates, Chelsey Myhre-Foster, Claire Brown and their friend John Silvers of Boscobel, who will be traveling to Nica... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/un-urged-to-condemn-nicaragua&#039s-abortion-ban.htm The United Nations should urge Nicaragua to repeal its ban on abortion following a human rights' review of the country on 8 February, Amnesty International said today.During the United Nations rs... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/women&#039s-lives-at-risk-because-of-nicaragua&#039s-abortion-ban.htm Activist Ana María Pizarro, tells Amnesty International how pregnant women are at risk of losing their lives because of Nicaragua's abortion ban. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/costa-rica-elects-1st-woman-president-in-landslide.htm ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies in Central America's most stable nation. With most of the votes from Sunday's election counted, Laura Chin... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/global-justice-monitor-&mdash-january-february-2010.htm The name of the Nicaragua Monitor has been changed to the Global Justice Monitor to reflect its coverage of more countries and issues. But you will still be able to read the news from Nicaragua and ne... Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:51:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/former-president-of-guatemala-captured.htm Dozens die as cold grips central Europe IZABAL – Police captured fugitive former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo in northern Guatemala yesterday, a day after US prosecutors indicted him on... Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:54:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/haiti-devastated-by-earthquake-take-action-now.htm Two members of the Alliance for Global Justice staff returned from a delegation to Haiti a few days before the earthquake hit. The people they met with and all the victims of the quake are in their th... Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:37:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/a-beacon-of-hope-for-2010-support-the-jubilee-act-for-debt-relief-for-poor-countries.htm Just before the end of year holidays, Congressional leaders put aside partisan differences to stand together in support of the world’s poorest. After months of anticipation, the Jubilee Act (HR ... Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:17:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/december-2009-issue-of-the-nicaragua-monitor.htm Está lista para imprimir. Articles include: “NICCA Supports Small Farmers,” by Diana Bohn and Suzanne Baker “Promoting Cooperatives, Growing Food,” interview with Pedro Haslam by Karla Jac... Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/argentine-men-become-1st-gay-couple-in-latin-america.htm BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Two slim, dark-haired Argentine men traveled to a remote seaside fishing village at the end of South America to tie the knot on Monday, becoming the first same-sex marr... Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:27:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/honduras&#039-zelaya-offered-meeting-with-elected-successor.htm Former Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya offered chance to meet elected president Porfirio Lobo Source says Zelaya not likely to make meeting Zelaya, who was ousted in coup, has remained in Brazilian emba... Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:19:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/searching-for-&quotshe-roes&quot-in-nicaragua.htm Through the eyes of Darcy (15 yrs old): Yesterday was life-changing. I could write a book about this one part of my visit to Nicaragua, so describing it in a few paragraphs is going to be a challenge... Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/vernal-ornaments-go-to-washington.htm Students in Kathi Irving’s English as a second language (ESL) class at the Ashley Valley Education Center hail from all parts of the world, including Mexico, Guatemala, China, Russia, Nicaragua and ... Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/nicaragua-must-investigate-violent-attacks-against-human-rights-activist.htm The Nicaraguan authorities must investigate violent attacks and death threats against a human rights activist, Amnesty International has said.Leonor Martínez received numerous phone messages th... Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/former-costa-rica-president-carazo-odio-dies-at-82.htm Costa Rica's Social Security Department said in a statement that the 82-year-old former leader died Wednesday following surgery for a coronary obstruction. The charismatic Carazo Odio governed Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/internationally-recognized-artist-combines-techniques.htm Although he fled his native, beloved Nicaragua amid the violence and chaos of the Sandinista takeover, painter and poet Omar d’León kept his spirit alive and continues to paint here in Vent... Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/the-untold-story-of-family-abductions.htm More than 200,000 incidents of family abductions occur in the U.S. each year Christine Belford's three daughters were kidnapped by their father in 2007 Authorities launched a search that spanned at le... Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/a-matter-of-life-and-death-&ndash-irish-abortion-law-in-dock.htm Ireland's almost complete ban on abortion was challenged before 17 European judges yesterday as a violation of fundamental human rights. Three women, named only as A, B and C, brought a landmark case... Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/this-is-not-the-change-we-wanted.htm On Sunday, Nov. 29, “elections” were held in Honduras by a military coup regime that is internationally recognized as illegitimate, responsible for massive human rights violations and in a... Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/honduras&rsquo-top-anti-drug-official-killed.htm TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Gunmen on motorcycles ambushed and killed Honduras' top anti-drug official in the capital Tuesday, just two months before he planned to retire and move to Canada. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:26:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/doubts-over-the-level-of-participation.htm The participation was the greatest in history says the Supreme Electoral Tribunal. The participation was the lowest in history says the Resistance. The confusion is great over the real numbers, but al... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:15:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/divisions-remain-over-honduras-election.htm Divisions remain over Honduras election By Adam Thomson in Mexico City and Daniel Dombey in WashingtonPublished: November 30 2009 19:48 | Last updated: November 30 2009 19:48 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:57:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/santos-concedes-honduras-defeat.htm Ruling party candidate Elvin Santos has conceded defeat to conservative rancher Porfirio Lobo in post-coup Honduran elections. Santos says it is time for unity, the only path to confront the future a... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:36:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/latin-america-sets-course-for-the-centre.htm As Latin America gears up for a spate of elections over the next few weeks, voters in Uruguay will be watched closely this weekend for confirmation that the region’s leftward drift of recent years i... Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:48:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/honduras-de-facto-leader-might-step-aside-for-a-week.htm TEGUCIGALPA -- Honduras's de facto leader said he may give up his presidential duties for a week so voters can focus on an election that Washington hopes will help end a five-month-old political crisi... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:22:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/honduras-de-facto-leader-says-will-step-aside.htm TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's post-coup de facto leader said on Friday he would give up his presidential duties for a week, a step Washington welcomed as a way to help ease a five-month-old p... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:51:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/honduras-de-facto-leader-says-will-step-aside.htm TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's post-coup de facto leader said on Friday he would give up his presidential duties for a week, a step Washington welcomed as a way to help ease a five-month-old polit... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/managua-braces-for-demonstrations-for-against-president-ortega.htm Managua - Plans for a huge rally Saturday in Managua against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and counterdemonstrations by Sandinista government supporters raised concerns about possible street clas... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/managua-braces-for-demonstrations-for-against-president-ortega.htm Managua - Plans for a huge rally Saturday in Managua against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and counterdemonstrations by Sandinista government supporters raised concerns about possible street c... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:45:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/u.s.-urges-honduras-de-facto-leader-to-step-aside.htm By Darren Ennis and Timothy HeritageBRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy, who is little known outside his own country, as the bloc's first preside... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/in-nicaragua-opposition-sees-an-end-run.htm MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Magistrate Sergio Cuarezma, a member of the Supreme Court, spent Oct. 19 like any other Monday, quietly catching up on e-mail and fingering through stacks of rulings by sunlight ... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:34:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/nicaragua-seizes-arms-cache-from-mexico-drug-gang.htm Agence France Presse . All rights reserved. The information contained in the AFP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of Agence F... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:34:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/ida-may-bring-rain-our-way.htm Tropical Depression Ida, once a Category 1 hurricane in Central America, could bring some much-needed rain next week to Southwest Florida.But not much else is expected from this low-pressure system, h... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:34:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/after-her-life-saving-surgery-in-florida-nicaraguan-girl-has-a-setback.htm Concepcion Maria Sanchez Alvarez holds her daughter Emeley Guevara Sanchez, 5, before Emeley's surgery in October. Emeley has fallen ill after returning home to Nicaragua. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:34:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/in-southeast-georgia-c.j.-the-research-dog-sniffs-out-reptiles.htm div.mid-column--> FOLKSTON, Ga. — Researchers are using a popular breed of dog to learn how rare indigo snakes are faring in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.C.J., a 7-year-old chocolate Lab... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:34:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/hundreds-of-students-attack-nicaraguan-legislature.htm MANAGUA (AFP) – Hundreds of students lobbed homemade bombs at the Nicaraguan Congress to protest government plans to cut university funding, as pro-and anti-government demonstrators prepared to... Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:34:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/today-in-history-nov.-18.htm William Wyler , had its world premiere at Loew's State Theatre in New York. On this date: In 1883, the United States and Canada adopted a system of Standard Time zones. In 1886, the Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:34:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/costa-rica-spain-agree-to-cooperate-on-fishing-aquiculture.htm Costa Rica and Spain have signed two cooperation agreements to promote the development of their fishing and aquiculture sectors, a senior Costa Rican government official said on Tuesday. Costa Rican A... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:50:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/ricardo-mayorga-files-suit-against-don-king-wants-to-fight-in-the-ring.htm by James Slater - It has been reported by The South Florida Business Journal, amongst other publications, that Nicaragua's Ricardo Mayorga has filed suit against promoter Don King; for not getting him... Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/twib-looks-at-role-of-september-callups.htm Every September, fans get a glimpse of future stars as top prospects are often called up for the first time with the Major League rosters expanding to 40 players for the last month of the season. Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/suspected-gang-member-eyed-in-filmmaker-s-killing.htm San Salvador . Police arrested a purported gang member suspected of involvement in the killing on Thursday, a day after Poveda's body was discovered. Inspector Oscar Nuila Ramos declined to give furt... Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/el-salvador-arrests-1-in-french-filmmaker-s-death.htm street gang has been found shot to death after heading out to a dangerous gang-dominated neighborhood. Police said a suspected member of the Mara 18 gang was arrested Thursday on suspicion of involve... Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/father-admits-guilt-in-kidnapping.htm A once-prominent Newark optometrist accused of kidnapping his three young daughters and taking them to Central America for nearly 19 months pleaded guilty Thursday to parental kidnapping and bank frau... Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:11:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/with-disney-buying-marvel-comics-the-possibilities-are-endless.htm Disney bought Marvel Comics for $40 billion last week, which means the next time I get nutty and start shoving kids out of the way to get to Peter Pan's Big Adventure, it'll be the Incredible Hulk eje... Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:11:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/usa-on-edge-ahead-of-world-cup-qualifier-vs.-el-salvador.htm After six of 10 games in the final round of World Cup qualifying, the U.S. men's team finds itself on the bubble — third place in a six-team group that sends the top three teams to the World Cup... Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:52:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/us-cuts-$30m-aid-to-honduras-but-stays-silent-on-military-coup.htm Anti-viral drug 'saved swine flu victim' WASHINGTON – The United States said yesterday it was formally cutting some aid to Honduras but sidestepped the question of whether the Central American c... Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/georgia-breaks-diplomatic-relations-with-nicaragua.htm TBILISI, November 29 (Itar-Tass) -- Georgia declares it breaks diplomatic relations with Nicaragua. It is the Georgian Foreign Ministry's statement. Diplomatic relations between Georgia and Nicaragua ... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:04:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/feud-over-horse-race-leads-to-17-guatemala-deaths.htm THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GUATEMALA CITY -- Mexican and Guatemalan drug traffickers arguing about a horse race in a rural border town began a series of gunbattles in which 17 people died, police said Mo... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:25:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/costa-ricans-reject-open-border-with-nicaragua.htm (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Most people in Costa Rica reject the notion of opening the border with Nicaragua in order to allow for the free traffic of citizens between the two Central American count... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/u.s.-withholds-grants-for-nicaragua.htm Nicaragua because of the governing Sandinista party’s role in municipal elections that the opposition contends were rigged. “We had hoped, for the sake of the Nicaraguan people, that the g... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/violence-spiralling-out-of-control.htm Urgent action is needed by Nicaragua’s political parties to stop their supporters from engaging in acts of violence like those that have swept the country over the past two weeks, Amnesty Intern... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/sandinista-fervor-turns-sour-for-former-comrades-of-nicaraguas-president.htm Sandinista supporters celebrated a victory in mayoral elections in Managua, Nicaragua’s capital, this month. Many Sandinistas, though, have left the movement. Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/us-suspends-nicaraguan-aid-after-disputed-election.htm Wed, Nov 26, 2008 (9:03 p.m.) The U.S. says it will freeze about $64 million in anti-poverty aid to Nicaragua amid accusations that local elections were fraudulent.Nicaragua dismissed the move on Wed... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/us-suspends-nicaraguan-aid-after-disputed-election.htm MANAGUA, Nicaragua The U.S. says it will freeze about $64 million in anti-poverty aid to Nicaragua amid accusations that local elections were fraudulent. Nicaragua dismissed the move on Wednesday, sa... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/us-reviews-aid-to-nicaragua-after-election-concerns.htm WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. government is reviewing a $175 million program of aid to Nicaragua because of concerns about recent elections there, a spokeswoman said on Monday after a lawmak... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/communications-markets-in-nicaragua-report-is-the-industry.htm http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2a4a15/communications_mar ) has announced the addition of the Communications Markets in Nicaragua report to their offering. The Nicaragua Intelligence Rep... Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:13:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/first-umc-completes-mission-to-nicaragua.htm A mission team of 25 people from First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge recently went to the city and state of Matagalpa in Nicaragua on a medical mission trip. We distributed large amounts of med... Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:13:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/volcano-erupts-in-nicaragua-with-small-quakes.htm Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies says the volcano has been erupting for two days, causing quakes of up to magnitude-4. The institute says Saturday's eruptions pose no Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:24:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/sandinistas-party-as-nicaragua-opposition-cries-vote-fraud.htm said they held sway in more than two-thirds of local elections -- results the opposition says are marred by fraud. In a development likely to fuel tensions already running high, the electoral counc... Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:24:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/nicaragua-officials-certify-controversial-sandinista-victory.htm (ALN) won four. The announcement, made by Electoral Council president Roberto Rivas, was welcomed with cheering and celebration by thousands of Sandinista supporters who gathered outside his office... Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:23:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/nicaragua-blasts-oas-chief-for-election-criticism.htm OAS Ambassador Denis Moncada said Insulza overstepped his authority when weighing in on the dispute. It is unheard of that the secretary-general would usurp the state's authority, when neither the g... Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:23:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/5-prisoners-beheaded-in-guatemala-prison-fight.htm 5 SKorean solders injured in grenade explosion A hand grenade blast injured five soldiers Sunday at a South Korean military post near the tense border with North Korea. Army officials were investigati... Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:41:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/south-korean-president-vows-to-strengthen-economic-ties-with-peru-latin-america.htm South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Saturday pledged to enhance trade and economic cooperation with Peru and Latin America. I am sure that Peru, Latin America and (South) Korea may become st... Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:29:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/china-to-establish-comprehensive-cooperative-partnership-with-latin-america.htm LIMA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- China is willing to make concerted efforts with Latin American countries to establish a comprehensive cooperative partnership of equality, mutual benefit and common developme... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:36:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/democracy-in-nicaragua-in-peril-ortega-critics-say.htm MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- The U.S. Embassy has been accused of counterrevolutionary subversion. A nervous Catholic Church is appealing for calm. The opposition party is crying electoral fraud, while roami... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:46:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/salvadorans-join-in-nicaragua-post-election-chaos.htm LOG BACK IN . The Miami Herald is pleased to provide this opportunity to share information, experiences and observations about what's in the news. Some of the comments may be reprinted elsewhere in ... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:46:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/sandinista-protesters-intimidate-opposition-in-nicaragua.htm Supporters of the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front party, FSLN, demonstrated in Managua on Tuesday, squaring off with opposition supporters over the Nov. 9 municipal elections. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:46:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/medvedev-means-business-in-latin-america.htm Official visits by Russian and Latin American leaders have generated some colorful moments in the past, ranging from Vladimir Putin's impromptu display of his football skills in Brazil in 2004 to Vene... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:54:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/latin-america-should-learn-from-china.htm MEXICO CITY -- China has accomplished unprecedented achievements during its 30 years of reform and opening-up, and Latin America should learn from its experience, a Mexican scholar says. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:57:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/quiet-rise-of-latin-america.htm A growing center: Voters seek pragmatism, not ideology, from Latin American leaders, such as the leftists featured on a banner at a recent protest march at the Ibero American Summit in San Salvador. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:27:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/political-unrest-shortens-ripken.htm MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- Cal Ripken Jr.'s baseball clinic for Nicaraguan youth was canceled by its sponsors Tuesday because protests surrounding local election results were hindering travel.Ripken and hi... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/ripken-jr.-calls-off-clinics-due-to-unrest-in-nicaragua.htm I wish Cal Ripken was my Dad. He is such a great guy. I love how he keeps giving back to the game. He wasn't best ball player in the world at a lifetime .276 but man he had heart. He was always there ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:16:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/eric-volz-to-be-retried-in-nicaragua.htm Eric Volz's case received international attention when he was convicted in February of last year of killing his ex-girlfriend, even though he was in a different city at the time of the murder.The case... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:19:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/earthquake-rattles-el-salvador.htm Government experts say the quake occurred at 5:03 p.m. (1103 GMT) Saturday and was centered just off the country's Pacific coast.The U.S. Geological Service's National Earthquake Information Center in... Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/sandinistas-take-early-lead-in-nicaragua.htm has taken the lead in municipal elections marked by violence and allegations of fraud, early official returns showed Monday. In Managua, with more than seven percent of the vote counted, Sandinista... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/33-arrested-in-unrest-during-nicaragua.htm MANAGUA, (AFP) – Polls closed in Nicaragua's violence-marred municipal balloting, amid opposition allegations of attempted election fraud and ongoing voter unrest. Thirty-three people we... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/us-government-expresses-concern-over-nicaragua-elections.htm Alexis Arguello, three-time world boxing champion and the Sandisnista Liberation Front candidate for mayor of Managua, signals victory. Photo / AP MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Nicaragua's ruling Sandinista ... Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/nicaraguan-vote-under-us-scrutiny.htm The US government has expressed concern about a vote in Nicaragua, in which the ruling Sandinista party claimed victory in nationwide municipal elections. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:19:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/tropical-storm-paloma-forms-off-nicaragua.htm Latest news Yacht-load of cocaine seized off IrelandInvestigators say a large shipment of cocaine seized from a yacht off the coast of Ireland was destined for the English Midlands.Three British nati... Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/interesting-english-language-articles-on-nicaragua.htm In this space the Nicaragua Network will post links to recent important and/or interesting English language articles on Nicaragua in the publications of other organizations. Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:46:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/tropical-storm-paloma-strengthens-off-nicaragua.htm MIAMI — Forecasters say Tropical Storm Paloma has formed off the coast of Nicaragua with winds reaching 40 mph, and could strengthen into a hurricane by Friday. The National Hurricane Center in M... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:25:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/iv-with-the-president-of-nicaragua.htm Interviewed by Tortilla con Sal in mid-October this year, the president of Nicaragua's Central Bank, Dr. Antenor Rosales spoke about the effects of the international financial crisis on Nicaragua a... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:09:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/tropical-depression-off-nicaragua.htm A tropical depression is off the east coast of Nicaragua near the Honduran border and is expected to become a tropical storm tonight or tomorrow. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:09:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/tropical-depression-off-east-coast-of-nicaragua.htm Wed, Nov 5, 2008 (1:48 p.m.) A tropical depression is off the east coast of Nicaragua near the Honduran border and is expected to become a tropical storm tonight or tomorrow.The National Hurricane Ce... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:09:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/latin-american-chamber-court-fight-averted.htm A bitter fight for control of the Latin American Chamber of Commerce has been settled, averting an embarrassing court battle over allegations of mismanagement and financial wrongdoing. Renetta Coppa... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/latin-american-leaders-congratulate-obama-win.htm Latin American leaders have congratulated U.S. president-elect Barack Obama for his victory on Tuesday. VOA's Brian Wagner reports that many leaders hope the new president will bring a renewed focus o... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:57:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/nicaragua-considering-diplomatic-relations-with-abkhazia-south-ossetia.htm MOSCOW. Nov 1 (Interfax) - Nicaragua plans to establish directdiplomatic relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Nicaraguan ForeignMinister Samuel Santos Lopez told a Saturday press conference afte... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/women-of-the-world-united.htm She would stare at moving mouths and struggle to make sense of a single word. She sought comfort in shopping - her country didn't have the huge stores she found here - and she fell in love with stroll... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/north-country-mission-has-a-future-of-hope.htm PLATTSBURGH -- For 33 terrifying hours 10 years ago, Hurricane Mitch ripped through the mountains of Honduras and pummeled Nicaragua's coastline with historic amounts of rain. Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/nicaragua-news/scores-dead-in-flooding.htm Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Weeks of rain have caused the deaths of nearly 50 people and left more than 20 missing in Honduras and killed dozens more in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua and the southern M... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:30:00 +0100