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Wednesday May 15 | Inter Press Service

Indigenous Nicaraguans Fight to the Death for Their Last Forest

Indigenous communities in northern Nicaragua are demanding that the authorities take urgent action to halt the attacks on their lives and territory by illegal invaders.

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Related Topix: Environment, Science, Agriculture

Wednesday May 15 | TIME.com

In Latin America's Second Largest Rainforest, an Indigenous Tribe Fights for Its Land

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

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America,

Mon May 13, 2013

Nicaragua Dispatch

Rights activists call journalist's deportation illegal, authoritarian

CENIDH lawyer Gonzalo Carrion says the Sandinista government's "arbitrary expulsion" of the AFP photographer after four days of being "illegally detained" without charges or the right to legal counsel is further evidence of how deteriorated freedom of expression and rule of law have become under the current administration.

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Related Topix: Journalism

Hispanically Speaking

Nicaragua Expels AFP Photojournalist

Hector Retamal, a Chilean national, was put on a plane Saturday to Costa Rica, where the French news agency has its Central American headquarters, Rivera said.

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Sun May 12, 2013

Inside Colombia

Nicaragua studying possibility to claim more of Colombia's Caribbean territory

Nicaragua is studying the possibility of claiming more Caribbean territory at the expense of Colombia, newspaper El Espectador reported Saturday.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Colombia

Daily Kos

Anti-Capitalist Meet-Up: Are CIA Mockingbirds Still Nesting in Nicaragua?

"You could get a journalist cheaper than a good call girl, for a couple hundred dollars a month." - CIA operative discussing with Philip Graham, editor Washington Post, on the availability and prices of journalists willing to peddle CIA propaganda and cover stories.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Washington Post, Publishing

Sat May 11, 2013

Bangkok Post

AFP demands release of photographer...

Agence France-Presse on Saturday called for the "immediate release" of photojournalist Hector Retamal, who has been detained without charge by police in Nicaragua for four days.

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Related Topix: Media, Agence FrancePresse, IT Services, Nicaragua, World News, Central America, Chile,

Wed May 08, 2013

People's Daily Online

Three Central American countries decide to develop Gulf of Fonseca

The presidents of three Central American nations -- Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador -- agreed Wednesday to create a tri-national development zone in the Gulf of Fonseca, which all of the three share.

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Tue May 07, 2013

Nicaragua Dispatch

US Rep criticizes Obama for going easy on Ortega

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , a fierce critic of the left-wing governments of ALBA and one of the only U.S. lawmakers who pays any mind to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, released a statement this week criticizing President Barack Obama for not condemning the Sandinista leader during his recent trip to Central America.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican, Barack Obama

Mon May 06, 2013

Nicaragua Dispatch

Has El Nuevo Diario lost its sense of humor?

The Nicaraguan daily, which was bought out by bankers in 2011, has eliminated its satirical Sunday funny pages, which always mocked power.

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Sun May 05, 2013

Nicaragua Dispatch

Nicaragua's Ortega plays opposing roles at weekend summits

After sitting quietly through a Friday evening meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, President Ortega flew to Venezuela on Saturday to criticize US meddling President Daniel Ortega joins his Central American counterparts for a dinner with U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday night in Costa Rica.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Costa Rica, World News, Central America

Babalu Blog

Ros-Lehtinen: President's Trip to Latin America Falls Short In...

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen , Chairman of the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee, made the following statement regarding President Obama's trip to Mexico and Costa Rica.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Republican, Terrorism, Conservative Political News

Thu May 02, 2013

Nicaragua Dispatch

Central America prepares for Obama

US President Barack Obama was targeted by protesters in Costa Rica on May 1 as part of the International Workers' Day demonstrations.

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Related Topix: Costa Rica, World News, Central America, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Laura Chinchilla

Sun Apr 28, 2013

Nicaragua Dispatch

Nicaragua: love it or leave it

Most Nicaraguans are happy with their government, pleased with direction of the country, satisfied with their democracy, optimistic about the economya and willing to pull up sticks and emigrate to a foreign land.

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Fri Apr 26, 2013

Nicaragua Dispatch

Police chief continues to top polls

For the sixth consecutive year, Nicaraguan Police Chief Aminta Granera continues to be the most popular public figure in Nicaragua, topping the charts with an 83.6% favorability rating, according to poll published this week by M&R Consultants.

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Sun Apr 21, 2013

RIA Novosti

Russian Military Chief Arrives in Nicaragua to Develop Ties

MANAGUA, April 21 Russia's General Staff chief Col. Gen. Valery Gerasimov has arrived in Nicaragua for high-level talks with the Central American state's leadership, the Russian Defense Ministry's spokesman said on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, Central America, World News,