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40,000 affected as storm batters Nicaragua

Nicaragua's Caribbean coast faced a battering by high winds and heavy rains Friday, as remnants of hurricane Ida wrecked homes and officials warned as many as 40,000 could be affected by the storm.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News, Weather, Hurricane, Hurricane Ida

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Tri-cityherald.com

Ida drenches Central America, might approach US

This NOAA satellite image taken Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 at 12:00 a.m. EST shows cloud cover streaming northward into the Gulf of Mexico as tropical storm Ida weakens over Central America.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Ida

WTLV

Ida Weakens to Tropical Depression over Nicaragua

Ida has weakened to a tropical depression with 35 mph top winds as it sweeps over Nicaragua.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Hurricane, Natural Disasters

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Reuters

Tropical storm Ida could trigger Nicaragua mudslides

Tropical Storm Ida strengthened off the coast of Nicaragua on Wednesday as heavy rains forced a Caribbean island to evacuate and the Central American nation, fearing devastating mudslides, was put on hurricane watch.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Weather

Wed Nov 04, 2009

KWTX

Tropical Depression Nears Tropical Storm Strength

MIAMI a 'An Air Force plane was en route Wednesday to check out a tropical depression thata TMs nearing tropical storm strength off the eastern coast of Nicaragua.

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KXTV

Dodgers' Vicente Padilla Shoots Himself in the Leg in Nicaragua

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Vicente Padilla has accidentally shot himself in the leg at a target range in Nicaragua.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Sacramento Metro, Sacramento, CA

News Press

Tropical depression forms in Atlantic

Tropical Depression 11 has formed in the southwestern Caribbean Sea, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, World News,

Prensa Latina

Nicaraguans Extol Work by Cuban Docs

Managua, Nov 3 The Nicaraguan media praised on Tuesday the humanitarian work by Cuban specialists from the "All with Voice" brigade, which is conducting a study to detect cases of disabled people in the country.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News,

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Clover Herald

US envoy: No apology for chiding Nicaragua court

The U.S. ambassador to Nicaragua said Saturday that he sees no need to apologize for criticizing a court ruling opening the way for the possible re-election of leftist President Daniel Ortega.

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Related Topix: Daniel Ortega, World News

Sat Oct 31, 2009

WHP-TV Harrisburg

Nicaragua protesters chase off U.S. ambassador

Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega addresses the 62nd United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters September 25, 2007 in New York City.

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Related Topix: US Travel, Travel, Daniel Ortega, World News

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Arizona Daily Star

Nicaraguan leader's allies protest at US Embassy

"He should leave Nicaragua," labor leader Gustavo Porras said of Callahan. Porras spoke outside the Embassy as several hundred protesters waved red flags and set off firecrackers.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Daniel Ortega,

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Clover Herald

Nicaraguan Congress will not debate re-election

The Nicaraguan Congress on Wednesday narrowly rejected an initiative to force a debate on whether to annul a hotly disputed court ruling allowing President Daniel Ortega to seek re-election. The vote in the National Assembly's controlling commission went along party lines with congressional leader Rene Nunez - a member of Ortega's leftist ...

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Related Topix: Daniel Ortega, Hugo Chavez, South America, World News, Colombia,

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Prensa Latina

ALBA Achievements in Nicaragua

Managua, Oct 27 The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America shows concrete achievements in Nicaragua with its development projects, a source form the sector sustained.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News,

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

Nicaragua Faces Tense Situation

Nicaraguans are undergoing a tense situation, after threats to President Daniel Ortega's government by opposition sectors of turning to violence to try to reverse a Supreme Court of Justice decision.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News, Daniel Ortega,

Mon Oct 26, 2009

WorldTravelWatch.com

Nicaragua: Dengue Fever Outbreak in Managua, Elsewhere

The Nicaraguan health ministry reported 1,752 confirmed cases of dengue fever since July, with the majority of cases in Managua and the department of Masaya, and some reported in other areas.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News, Travel

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Internet Archive

The Republic of El Salvador against the Republic of Nicaragua....

Text Archive > American Libraries > The Republic of El Salvador against the Republic of Nicaragua.

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Related Topix: Central America, World News, El Salvador

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

NICARAGUA: Young People Exiled by Poverty

By Jose Adan Silva MANAGUA - If they could, about 60 percent of Nicaraguans under 30 would go to live abroad, according to studies on migration, which find that the country's chronic poverty is the main reason for wanting to migrate.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

IDB To Help Nicaragua Restore Credit Flow To The Productive Sector

A $20 million credit line will channel funds to the financial system for onlending to micro and mid-sized productive enterprises, which is to be used to help the continuity of the flow of credit to Nicaraguan enterprises that have been affected by the international financial crisis.

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Wed Oct 21, 2009

WHP-TV Harrisburg

Court says Ortega can seek re-election

Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega addresses the 62nd United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters September 25, 2007 in New York City.

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Tue Oct 20, 2009

BBC

Re-election issue divides Nicaragua

A huge iron statue looms over the Nicaraguan capital, Managua. It represents the figure of Augusto Sandino, the 1930s national hero who fought against what was seen as North American imperialism.

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Related Topix: World News, Central America, Daniel Ortega

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