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21 hrs ago | Prensa Latina

Nicaragua: Extensive Supporting March Repercussion.

Managua, Nov 22 Nicaragua''s media highlights Sunday that an estimate of 350,000 people participated in the pro-government march on Saturday in favor of President Daniel Ortega.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, Central America, World News,

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Raw Story

Thousands throng rival Nicaraguan rallies, Ortega backers mass

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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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America, Riot

Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

Press Review Tuesday 17 November 2009

The row between conservative Euro MP Hans van Baalen and the Nicaraguan government is continuing in the Dutch press; "Van Baalen is furious," screams a headline in De Telegraaf .

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, Central America, World News,

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Inter Press Service

NICARAGUA: Despite Efforts, Corruption Still a Problem

A study titled Diagnosis of Corruption in Nicaragua was "based on 60 interviews in a range of sectors, including the government," said Chilean researcher Miguel Penailillo, who conducted the study.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, Central America, World News

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Independent Online

Students attack Nicaraguan legislature

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.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America,

Prensa Latina

17:29 Nicaragua Extends Lit...

Managua, Nov 18 More than 300,000 Nicaraguans who benefitted from the National Literacy Campaign the Government of Daniel Ortega carried out will continue their studies using now the program "I Know How to Read", said Raul Fernandez, a pedagogical Cuban advisor.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

Examiner.com

Obama breaks with history

President Obama represents a complete break with history. He does the opposite of what his predecessors have done in similar circumstances.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Hugo Chavez

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Mydd.com

The Creeping Coup in Managua

It has been perplexing that the world press has paid such scant attention to the unfolding usurpation of power by Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista party down in Managua.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Prensa Latina

07:30 Nicaragua: Developmen...

Managua, Nov 14 Nicaraguan president, Daniel Ortega, is to present a Citizen Action Plan that includes projects for next year, announced Rosario Murillo, Coordinator of the Council of Communication and Citizens of the government.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, Central America, World News,

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

Nicaragua apologises over MEP incident

The Nicaraguan government has apologised to The Hague after an incident involving Dutch Euro MP Hans van Baalen.

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Wed Nov 11, 2009

News Press

Congressman Mack guest opinion: Obama administration's foreign policy flubs tarnish U.S. image

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez - together with the likes of Cuba's Castro brothers, Ecuador's Rafael Correa, and Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega - is spewing a populist, leftist, and strongly anti-American brand of politics that is spreading throughout Latin America.

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Related Topix: US News, Connie Mack, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Politics, Hugo Chavez, Fort Myers, FL, Honduras, World News, Central America, Rafael Correa, Opinion

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

Ortega Partisans Attack Protesters in Nicaragua

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 ...

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America,

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

A New Mosque in Nicaragua Fires Up the Rumor Mill

By Steve Stecklow MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- With just 300 or so Muslims in all of Nicaragua, it became an instant mystery here when a big new mosque suddenly seemed to spring up recently in a residential neighborhood.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America, Travel, Nicaragua Travel,

Sun Nov 08, 2009

The Age

Hurricane Ida floods kill 91 in El Salvador

A late-season hurricane ravaged parts of Central America Sunday as floods and landslides killed at least 91 in El Salvador and thousands were left homeless in Nicaragua.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Weather, Hurricane Ida

Inside Costa Rica

Nicaragua Seeks Food Self-Sufficiency

Nicaragua is boosting, with Venezuelan support, food self-sufficiency and other development projects within the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas , hence the visit by a government delegation led by Venezuela's Deputy Foreign Minister Francisco Arias Cardenas.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science

Fri Nov 06, 2009

WorldTravelWatch.com

Nicaragua: Court Drops Presidential Term Limits, Tempers Flare

Political maneuvering by President Daniel Ortega and six Sandinista judges on the Supreme Court to eliminate a constitutional term limit created a political crisis that opposition leaders and the U.S. ambassador said was undermining the countrya s democracy.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Bloomberg Business News

Ida Weakens to Tropical Storm After Making Landfall in Eastern Nicaragua

Hurricane Ida weakened to a tropical storm after washing ashore today in eastern Nicaragua, where it is forecast to dump enough rain to unleash life-threatening floods and mudslides, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Nicaragua, World News, Natural Disasters, Central America, Travel, Nicaragua Travel, Weather, Hurricane Ida, Honduras

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Catholic World News

Nicaraguan bishops decry Sandinista violence against US embassy

Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes Solorzano and Auxiliary Bishop Silvio Jose Baez Ortega of Managua have decried violence at a recent protest against the US embassy in Nicaragua.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America, Travel, Nicaragua Travel

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

Opposition Lawmakers Shut Down Nicaragua's Congress

The opposition shut down Nicaragua's legislature Tuesday to protest a court ruling that clears the way for President Daniel Ortega to seek re-election in 2011.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Miami Herald

In Nicaragua, tensions flare amid power quest

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 Sandinista mob ...

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Related Topix: Prison, US Politics, US News, Riot

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