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Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega addresses the 62nd United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters September 25, 2007 in New York City.

"He should leave Nicaragua," labor leader Gustavo Porras said of Callahan. Porras spoke outside the Embassy as several hundred protesters waved red flags and set off firecrackers.

The Nicaraguan Congress on Wednesday narrowly rejected an initiative to force a debate on whether to annul a hotly disputed court ruling allowing President Daniel Ortega to seek re-election. The vote in the National Assembly's controlling commission went along party lines with congressional leader Rene Nunez - a member of Ortega's leftist ...

Managua, Oct 27 The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America shows concrete achievements in Nicaragua with its development projects, a source form the sector sustained.

Nicaraguans are undergoing a tense situation, after threats to President Daniel Ortega's government by opposition sectors of turning to violence to try to reverse a Supreme Court of Justice decision.

The Nicaraguan health ministry reported 1,752 confirmed cases of dengue fever since July, with the majority of cases in Managua and the department of Masaya, and some reported in other areas.

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By Jose Adan Silva MANAGUA - If they could, about 60 percent of Nicaraguans under 30 would go to live abroad, according to studies on migration, which find that the country's chronic poverty is the main reason for wanting to migrate.

A $20 million credit line will channel funds to the financial system for onlending to micro and mid-sized productive enterprises, which is to be used to help the continuity of the flow of credit to Nicaraguan enterprises that have been affected by the international financial crisis.

Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega addresses the 62nd United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters September 25, 2007 in New York City.

A huge iron statue looms over the Nicaraguan capital, Managua. It represents the figure of Augusto Sandino, the 1930s national hero who fought against what was seen as North American imperialism.

The Nicaraguan Red Cross is conducting an awareness-raising campaign to increase voluntary blood donations and meet hospital demand, in order to compensate for changes in blood collection practices and address a severe health crisis caused by outbreaks of dengue fever, pneumonia and H1N1 influenza.

Corn grown in Frederick County is helping farmers in Nicaragua become sustainable.

The United Nations World Food Programme has a Purchase for Progress program which aims to boost the production of smaller farmers in developing countries.

By Tim Rogers MANAGUA - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega doesn't talk like most successful businessmen.

Grameen Foundation has announced the appointment of Alberto Solano as regional CEO for the Americas.

WAM Santo Domingo,Managua, 6th Oct. 2009 -- President Leonel Fern?ndez of Dominican Republic welcomed today visiting UAE Foreign Minister HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Presidential Palace.

Thousands of Nicaraguans have improved their sight through the performance of Cuban physicians who are part of Miracle Mission and efforts of the government of president Daniel Ortega, informed a source of the sector.

MANAGUA - The United Arab Emirates is interested in participating in a project to build a canal across Nicaragua linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Gulf state's foreign minister said Tuesday.

Nicaragua intends to become less dependent on electricity from fossil fuels in the short term, and to do that the country is carrying out solar development projects along the Caribbean coast and in rural areas, the deputy energy minister said Monday.

Submitted by sandinog on Sat, 2009/10/03 - 10:18. The Corruption Perceptions Index 2008: 2.5 a- Law 621, regarding access to public information, came into force in December 2007.

Moving people from unhealthy digs to more decent housing will be the topic for the Mayville Tuesday Club when it meets at 1 p.m. Monday, Oct.

Managua, Sept 29 The United Nations readies efforts to aid Nicaragua suffering a drought caused by climate phenomenon El Nino, informed an official source.