Nicaragua News

Thousands of pro- and anti-government protesters took to the streets of Nicaragua's capital Saturday, protesting and backing President Daniel Ortega's bid to remain in power.

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Hundreds of students lobbed homemade bombs at Congress on Tuesday to protest government plans to cut university funding, as pro-and anti-government demonstrators prepared to square off at the weekend in Managua.

The Alzar las Voces project in Nicaragua brings farmers in rural communities the possibility to speak out through video telling of their concerns, their projects, their wishes and ideas.

Nicaraguan police have seized a large cache of weapons and explosives from suspected members of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel after a police car chase outside Managua, a spokeswoman said.

With only about 300 Muslims in all of Nicaragua, a new mosque became an instant mystery.

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Hurricane Ida has caused considerable destruction on the Corn Islands off the coast of Nicaragua.

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Honduras Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas reiterated Wednesday in Managua, Nicaragua that the reinstatement of Honduras Constitutional President Jose Manuel Zelaya is vital to start the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Agreement.

Followers of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, leader of the official Sandinista party, attacked dissident Sandinistas who were protesting on the one-year anniversary of nationwide municipal elections they consider 'fraudulent.' The brawl took place outside the Supreme Electoral Council, or CSE, located in front of the central headquarters of the ...

Managua, Nov 7 Hurricane Ida cut through Nicaragua without causing any human casualty, the Civil Defense , the National System for Prevention and Attention and the local media highlight today.

By Tim Rogers MANAGUA - The scene outside the U.S. Embassy last week illustrated fraying tensions in this capital where the Sandinista government has been maneuvering for reelection: Agitated pro-government youths hurled fireworks, rocks and eggs at the embassy grounds and shouted ``Death to the Yankees! Death to the empire!'' The following day, a ...

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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