The Nicaraguan Ministry of health last week announced that the Venezuelan government will be building a medical diagnostic centre that is reportedly set to cost $2.5 million that will provide a free service in a hospital-school. Read the rest of this entry »
The Nicaraguan authorities made a significant step in their crackdown on drug trafficking across the Nicaraguan borders after uncovering two major operations in the north and south of the country resulting in confiscating just under $2 million and a large amount of drugs. Read the rest of this entry »
A Los Angeles jury has decided to award $3.2 million in compensation in damages to 6 Nicaraguan farmers who have become sterile after they had used a pesticide, now banned, by the US company Dole Food. Read the rest of this entry »
The United Nations have issued a report estimating that 24,000 have been affected by the past months adverse weather conditions that hit the Central Americas and near 2,000 homes have been damaged across Nicaragua also as a result. Read the rest of this entry »
New reports from Interpol show that Nicaragua is in fact one of the safest countries in Central America. The research concluded that there were on average 14 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in Nicaragua compare to the average of 30 per 100,000. Read the rest of this entry »
Baseball is one of Nicaragua’s favorite sports, and with the recent bad weather conditions put a side, the umpire of one of the first games to get underway shouted “Play Ball!” as the on looking crowd cheered and hooted as the sun shone down. Read the rest of this entry »
The Nicaraguan government has agreed let the main electric company that provides electric to most of Nicaragua increase their prices of electricity by a little over 9%. This is inline with the rising fuel costs that have been incurred by the Spanish company, Union Fenosa. Read the rest of this entry »
In light of the recent rains and Hurricane Felix that have devastated Nicaragua, President Ortega is set to present a reformed budget to the Executive, proposing that more funds need to be set aside to help repair Nicaragua’s damaged roads. Read the rest of this entry »
The price for a bag of beans has risen by approximately 100%, doubling in price in Nicaragua over the past weeks. The price hike has been in due of course of the recent category-5 Hurricane Felix that devastated the North of the country a few months ago, as well as a drought earlier in the year and the recent rainfalls that have also affected other Central American countries. Read the rest of this entry »
According to a poll by CIP-Gallup, published in La Prensa, Nicaraguans currently don’t believe that Ortega is steering the country in the right direction with 63% of the respondents saying that they thought he was taking them in the wrong direction, whilst 12% had no opinion and 25% thought it was the right direction. Read the rest of this entry »