Managua, Nicaragua News

Managua, May 13 At least 200 Nicaraguan nurses emigrated during the last months, seeking better conditions of life, according to official statistics. via Prensa Latina

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“We as policemen are complying with our duties and the constitutional mandate”

Nicaraguan transport workers clashed with riot police Tuesday in Las Maderas town, 45 km east of the capital Managua, as the national transport strike entered its ninth day. via Inside Costa Rica

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Farm laborers plant rice seedlings at the experimental plots of the International Rice Research Institute, IRRI, at Los Banos, Laguna province 70 kilometers south of Manila, Philippines Saturday May 3, 2008. via St. Augustine Record

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NICAFSBO.COM. offers new and improved ways of buying and selling real estate properties all over Nicaragua with the launching of its new website. via WebWire

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“There was confidence that globalization would resolve our energy and food problems, but they have made them worse”

In a region beset by runaway food costs, the socialist government of Hugo Chavez's Venezuela and its leftist allies appear to have found fertile ground to plant the seeds of revolutionary discourse.

At an emergency food-security summit held Wednesday in Managua, Nicaragua, 14 Latin American and Caribbean nations convened under the umbrella of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), the leftist trade bloc founded in 2004 by Cuba and Venezuela as an alternative to United States free-trade agreements. Read more

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“If we politicians can't agree, it's best that the population decide our destiny”

Bolivia President Evo Morales attends a Food for Life Summit in Managua, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. via The Boston Globe

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“Everything was delayed. I've never dealt with so many delays.”

When 15 Bronxville High School students and two chaperones embarked on a mission trip to build houses in Nicaragua during spring break, little did they know that the return voyage would rival Odysseus' long ... via Journal News

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua : Venezuela has offered allies US$100 million to fight rising food costs for Latin America's poor. via International Herald Tribune

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“A lot of this we have done to ourselves”

There is no shortage of good things to eat in the open-air Wholesale Market here in Nicaragua's capital. via KCPQ

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“To pave a street, you have to talk to the CPC.”

The government billboards and graffiti in this sultry city tell a visitor a lot about the ideological battle racking Nicaragua. via HeraldTribune.com

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