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Monthly Archives: June, 2008

Police, Army Accused of Killing Campesinos

Survivors of a May 21 massacre in which Nicaraguan soldiers and police allegedly gunned down three ranch workers with AK- 47s say they fear...

Thieves Take $2.3m From Bank in Panama

PANAMA CITY – A group of unidentified individuals broke into the vault of a bank in the Caribbean city of Colón, 80 kilometers north...

Food Smuggling on Rise Between D.R., Haiti

DAJABON, Dominican Republic – Smuggling of rice, chickens, eggs and other agricultural commodities in short supply in Haiti has been on the rise in...

Venezuela Tests Its First Cruise Missile

LA ORCHILA – The Venezuelan armed forces on June 6 carried out their first test launch of an air-to-surface missile from one of Venezuela’s...

Montealegre Challenges Ortega

MANAGUA – After months of a continuous TV smear campaign on official and semiofficial Sandinista television accusing opposition politician Eduardo Montealegre of stealing $600...

Bill Would Ban Smoking In Bars, Brothels

The vice president of the National Assembly is proposing a bill that would ban smokers from lighting up in indoor public areas, workplaces and...

‘Amigos’ Program Takes Aim at Beach Crime

SAN JUANDEL SUR – Faced with a growing crime wave that’s threatening the town’s image for tourism and investment, the community of San Juan...

Central Bank Renegotiates CENIs Payment to Banpro

After more than a year of threats and speculation over whether the government would honor its debt from the Negotiable Investment Certificates (CENIs) scandal...

Barceló Hotel Says It’s Being Harassed

MANAGUA – The legal representative for Spanish hotel chain Barceló says the tourism giant feels like it is being “harassed” by the Nicaraguan government. “We’re...

Is Country Returning to Dictatorship?

MANAGUA – A highprofile hunger strike declared last week by respected Sandinista guerrilla hero Dora María Téllez has lent new revolutionary credibility to right-wing...

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