The Nicaraguan government has issued an official explanation of the reasons behind their September 2015 decision to halt all projects of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), affecting twenty million dollars in project funds.
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“Basically, international investors – including those from the US – look for several things from the countries where they wish to invest. One of them is the rule of law: they want transparency and a solid judicial system. They also want to see market opportunities like the ones Nicaragua enjoys thanks to the free trade treaty with the United States,” said Robert Manogue.
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The global organization Amnesty International (AI) criticized the “reckless” manner in which Daniel Ortega’s government is “handling a multi-billion dollar project that will see a canal cutting the country in two” and “will displace tens of thousands of people.”
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The appearance of Zika in Latin America has placed all the regional health systems on high alert, especially since the virus in pregnant mothers is associated with congenital malformations and microcephaly. In countries such as El Salvador and Nicaragua, where the laws prohibit the interruption of pregnancy for any reason, the epidemic projected by the World Health Organization (WHO) has revived the debate on abortion.
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The full work of Ruben Dario, our greatest literary figure and one of the greats of the Spanish language, is still largely unknown in the country, stated writers and academics interviewed by “Confidencial”.
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A strong smell of garlic permeated the Pilar Aguirre Theater. Someone was atoning for their guilt by crushing entire heads of this plant with their feet, with such force and precision that the cloves were scattered across the floor. The man behind this calamity had no face, but the movements of his body spoke of deep pain.
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The 60th rally protesting the expropriation of lands under Law 840 was held Thursday in El Tule, Rio San Juan. Hundreds of farmers and their families again demanded that the law, which establishes that expropriated lands are to be bought at a land value well below market price, be repealed.
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According to the results of the most recent survey conducted by Cid Gallup, the Nicaraguan interoceanic canal project, a concession given to the Chinese entrepreneur Wang Jing, is no longer perceived by locals as the panacea that will alleviate the country’s problems and pull them out of poverty.
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Last Saturday’s tragedy in the Nicaragua Caribbean – in which a boat capsized leaving 13 Costa Rican tourists dead, among them a minor – brought to light the shaky system of navigation controls that exists in this part of the country. Although the Army assured the media that boats had been prohibited from navigating since Friday January 22, contradictory stories have emerged regarding the veracity of this report.
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At least 13 persons, all Costa Ricans, died Saturday when the boat they were traveling in capsized in the southern Caribbean waters of Nicaragua, confirmed both the Costa Rican foreign ministry and the Nicaraguan government.
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