He was a pot washer, an economics student and a shipping agent before becoming a chef and entrepreneur. Today he’s the founder a chain of nine restaurants plus a catering company and he’s had great success in the United States developing an upscale version of Nicaraguan recipes.
Read MoreThe six members from the Meso-American Caravan who were deported from Nicaragua by the government of Daniel Ortega, still don’t understand why they were accused of handling explosives “for no apparent reason”.
Read MoreThe hardening noted in the last few weeks is a direct consequence of the problems that Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela is having with an opposition ever more able to call attention to responsibilities and poor management, and with increasing popular support.
Read MoreByron Ortiz, a Costa Rican indigenous activist, was detained last Saturday in La Fonseca, Nueva Guinea, Nicaragua. Ortiz stated later that during the 48 hours of his and five colleagues’ disappearance, they were locked in a “very unsanitary room” in the central office of Immigration in Managua. The authorities never explained to them why they had been held.
Read MoreSo what ever happened to the Nicaragua Canal Project we heard so much about? Has anything new taken place? Did the billionaire Wang Jing led consortium actually raise the estimated US $50 billion needed for the project? Have the land expropriations by the government of Daniel Ortega begun and if not, when?
Read MoreThe leader of the rural movement that opposes the building of an Interoceanic Canal in Nicaragua, Francisca Ramirez, was released Saturday afternoon by the National Police after being arrested earlier in the day.
Read MoreThe government of Barack Obama presented a formal protest to Francisco Campbell, Nicaraguan ambassador in the United States, expressing its “strong displeasure” for the recent expulsion of three United States officials. The action was deemed “unwarranted and inconsistent with the positive and constructive agenda that we seek to maintain with Nicaragua.”
Read MoreUS ambassador Laura Dogu has a thermometer to measure the business climate in the country: queries made to her by foreign investors. Although she notes that regarding political issues and particularly the November 6 elections, “They need not talk to me, it’s enough to listen to the voices of Nicaragua.”
Read MoreThe government of Daniel Ortega has expelled US political analyst Evan Ellis from Nicaragua, alleging “he didn’t have official authorization to do research on the inter-oceanic canal project.”
Read MoreThe first time Henry Fernandez made news headlines was when he was a little over four years old. Being mischievous, he started his parents’ car which then rolled down a hill. He crossed roads and buildings… He didn’t stop until some baseball players held onto the car and brought the car to a stop.
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