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Sandinista Priest Takes Helm at UN General Assembly

Nicaraguan Roman Catholic priest Father Miguel d’Escoto, President Daniel Ortega’s top foreign policy advisor, took the helm last week as president of the 63rd...

Sandinista Thugs Prevent Opposition March

Nicaragua took another dangerous step towards civil unrest last weekend when hundreds of masked supporters of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), armed with...

Four Cops Accused in Death of 15-Year-Old Boy

The Chief Prosecutor’s Office is pressing charges against four police officers for their involvement last week in the shooting of a 15-year-old boy –...

U.S. Envoy Tackles Tricky Relationship

MANAGUA – When Robert J. Callahan worked in the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa in the early 1980s, he represented an aggressive U.S. administration that sought...

Blast Fishing: An Explosive Issue

CORINTO – Aaron Medina was 12 years old when he tossed his first bomb. Now 22, Medina, the only of three siblings who didn’t emigrate...

Nicaragua Ranks Most-Corrupt in Global Index

Nicaragua fell eight points in this year’s global corruption perception index to position 134 of 183 countries in the world, ranking it the most-corrupt...

Reporters Without Borders Denounces Gov’t Persecution

International press-freedom watchdog group Reporters Without Borders this week condemned a “campaign of vilification” by Nicaragua’s official state media against feminist leader and freelance...

Green Is Rubbing Off

Costa Rica has had a hard time living up to its eco-friendly reputation, according to a new regional report. The region’s rich biodiversity is...

A State of Regional Woe

Costa Rica, sometimes dubbed the Switzerland of Central America because it is considered safer and more developed than its neighbors, is now facing some...

Pineapple Debate Turning Toxic

Pineapples in Costa Rica are getting, well, a little bit prickly. On the heels of a massive expansion of pineapple farms across the country, concern...

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