Nicaragua News

For the past two years, a record number of Nicaraguans claimed their family's economic situation was improving.

The winner of Miss Gay Nicaragua 2013 Dallas Hernandez, aka Elizabeth Rios, is congratulated by the other contestants at Ruben Dario National Theatre, in Managua, on April 27.

Premium cigar maker Table 36 Cigars , has just debuted " Integrity ," their second boutique cigar.

Joined by the community of El Dorado, the Esteli Rotary Club and the non-governmental organization Bridges to Prosperity, U.S. Ambassador Phyllis Powers last weekend helped inaugurate the newly constructed El Dorado pedestrian bridge spanning Esteli's Rio La Sirena.

A house of cards is a structure created by stacking playing cards one on top of the other.

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.

Moya Ruiz Cigars has announced they are adding a 6 x 60 vitola called Ancho to their La Jugada - Prieto line.

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.

He must have smelled my novelty as I walked through Granada's streets from the Central Park toward Calle Saint Lucia to view my apartment for the first time.

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.

La Gloria Cubana A is making a bold departure from its Dominican roots with the launch of two new Nicaraguan collections, the first-ever La Glorias to have Nicaragua as the country of origin.

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.

Everyone knew that when Jose Blanco joined the Joya de Nicaragua team that something interesting would happen.

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.

Ashes are drifting across the gray agricultural field, purposefully set ablaze some time ago.

In an unexpected Sunday raid on 35 businesses in the northern department of EstelA , Nicaraguan anti-narcotics officers arrested 12 individuals thought to be involved in drug trafficking, including the president of EstelA 's business chamber, according to local media reports.

Joss Perry stayed in Nicaragua for more than a year in 2004 and met his wife, Xochilt, there.

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.