Managua, Nicaragua News

Debt and equity financing for the power plant project will be solicited. Project development includes obtaining all necessary governmental approvals and licenses, long-term power purchase agreements, debt and equity financing, and a contract with an Engineering Procurement and Construction company to build the power plant.

Ana Alliegro, the Miami woman at the center of the federal corruption investigation involving former congressman David Rivera, is living in a small town outside of Managua.

Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender movement hold a gay pride flag as they attend a march to mark the International Day Against Homophobia in Managua, Nicaragua.

Nicaraguan soldiers of an ecological battalion of the Nicaraguan Army are sworn in by Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega , in Managua on Nov.

Most university students right now are enjoying their summer break. Those who recently graduated are probably out looking for jobs, if they haven't found one already.

Everyone should learn at least some Spanish if you plan to live here. As expats, we came here to experience a new culture-and language is an important part of that culture.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua Nicaraguan police say a Chilean photographer working for the French news agency Agence France-Presse has been deported because he entered a restricted area near President Daniel Ortega's office.

Chilean-born photographer HA©ctor Retamal, 37, is currently on a flight to Costa Rica after being deported Saturday afternoon without any paperwork or written explanation from Nicaraguan authorities.

In an attempt to start a broader national debate on the state of education in Nicaragua and the direction the country needs to go to better prepare its students for the future, civil activist groups Nicaragua 2.0 is organizing an open forum and debate on Nicaragua's education system on May 14, at 5 p.m. at the UAM campus in Managua.

Though he never went to a university to study law, Arturo GarcA a, 44, has become an agent who brings justice to the community of Monte Tabor, south of the nation's capital of Managua.

Managua, May 10 - UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova inspected two of the three biosphere reserves in Nicaragua to get a firsthand look at their condition, first lady Rosario Murillo said.

LGBT rights advocates in more than 100 countries around the world will commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia on May 17 with a series of marches, workshops, performances and other events.

Mayangna leaders tell The Nicaragua Dispatch that National Police have finally started to respond to illegal land invasions inside BosawA s Biosphere Reserve by forcibly removing 180 mestizo "colonists" from the indigenous territory of Sauni Tuahka.

I always wonder about all of the new people and businesses in Granada. There are so many.

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MANAGUA, May 03 - Nicaragua, which is prone to natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes and flooding, is confronting them with prevention measures and community drills and training in high-risk areas.

LONDON Leaders of Nicaragua's indigenous Mayangna community are battling an invasion of land speculators and small farmers into the Biosawas Biosphere Reserve, the second largest rainforest in the Americas, they said this week.

U.S. Ambassador Phyllis Powers rolled up her sleeves and dabbled in a bit of masonry this morning by placing the foundation stone for the new Nicaraguan-North American Cultural Center that is being built in Managua.

That message might sound more like Groucho Marx than Karl Marx, but it's the basic logic behind the new rallying cry of Sandinista labor unions, which increasingly put the interests of party before all else.

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