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Monthly Archives: January, 2008

Opposition Liberal Parties Ratify ’08 Electoral Alliance

MANAGUA – The six political parties that make up the right-wing opposition to President Daniel Ortega's Sandinista Front ratified a fledgling Liberal alliance last...

Ortega, ESSO Reach Buyout Agreement

MANAGUA – After half a year of tense relations, ESSO Standard Oil and the government of Nicaragua reached an agreement last week whereby state-owned...

Judges, Activists Demand Judicial Change

MANAGUA – It has been more than three years since the National Assembly approved a law to professionalize and de-politicize the country's Sandinista-controlled court...

Court Nixes Parliamentary Reforms

MANAGUA – President Daniel Ortega this week managed to deftly sidestep his own trap thanks to a Supreme Court ruling that partially overturned a...

A Shotgun Approach to Criminals

In a rare moment of consensus fueled by surging crime rates, lawmakers from the four main political parties agreed this week to prioritize crime...

Mine Disaster at Miramar: A Story Foretold

MIRAMAR DE MONTES DE ORO, Puntarenas – The call came one dreary morning last October. “The mine is falling, the mine is falling!” said a...

Central Bank to Introduce New Bill

Perhaps by the end of this year, it won't be so impossible to break a 500 córdoba bill, thanks to the Central Bank's plans...

Eric Volz Case Continues to Haunt Country

MANAGUA – Two days after the Nicaraguan-American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) released a statement Jan. 4 urging the government to support a positive investment...

I, Too, Had Trouble with Corrupt Traffic Cops

Dear Nica Times: I noticed Alfred Thorsberg's letter to the editor (NT, Jan. 4) regarding the corrupt police officers just outside of Granada. I'm currently on...

Nicaragua Should Embrace Judge Roberto Rodríguez

Dear Nica Times: As one of many Americans who wish to do business with your beautiful country, I have been reluctant to do so because...

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