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£24bn rival to Panama Canal to break ground

 

170-mile shipping route through Nicaragua will start in December, country's President announces

12 Jan 2014

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Bianca – still a street-fighting woman

 

Sir Mick Jagger’s ex-wife maintains a vow of silence about their marriage. But, now a British citizen, she campaigns against injustice in five languages, she tells Cristina Odone

17 Nov 2013

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Bolivia latest country to offer Snowden asylum

 

Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua have all indicated that they would be willing to offer Edward Snowden asylum.

06 Jul 2013

Venezuela and Nicaragua offer Snowden asylum

 

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offers to give "humanitarian asylum" to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

06 Jul 2013

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Venezuela offers Snowden asylum

 

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro offers US whistleblower Edward Snowden "humanitarian asylum".

06 Jul 2013

FBI's 'most wanted' teacher arrested in Nicaragua

Police in Nicaragua have detained a former US primary school teacher who is one of the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives.

22 Apr 2013

Hundreds evacuated as Nicaragua volcano spews ash

Nicaragua's tallest volcano has belched an ash cloud hundreds of feet into the sky in the latest bout of sporadic activity, prompting the evacuation of nearby residents.

27 Dec 2012

The Day of the Dead

In pictures: people in Latin America celebrate the Day of the Dead.

02 Nov 2012

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Nicaragua eruption forces 3,000 to evacuate

The San Cristobal volcano in Nicaragua rumbled to life at the weekend with three explosions, forcing the evacuation of 3,000 residents, authorities said.

09 Sep 2012

Volcano triggers mass evacuation in Nicaragua

Officials began evacuating thousands of Nicaraguans who live near the country's largest volcano after it belched an ash plume up to 3 miles into the atmosphere on Saturday.

09 Sep 2012

Mexican television crew's 'frontline' despatch : 'Sorry, we've been arrested for drug trafficking'

Suspected drug dealers who posed as roving foreign correspondents for Mexican TV are held after police find $9.2 million in their vans.

01 Sep 2012

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Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad welcomed by Nicaragua president Daniel Ortega

Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega on Tuesday urged Israel to destroy its nuclear weapons to foster peace in the Middle East as he hosted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who is touring Latin America.

11 Jan 2012

President Daniel Ortega wins Nicaragua election

President Daniel Ortega, the one-time Marxist revolutionary, has won a third term in power in Nicaragua in a controversial landslide victory which his opponent condemned as "fraud".

08 Nov 2011

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Daniel Ortega: profile of the president of Nicaragua

Daniel Ortega was born into a poor family in Nicaragua in 1945 and joined the left-wing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), of which he would later become the figurehead, when still a teenager.

08 Nov 2011

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Nicaragua elections: Daniel Ortega on course to win controversial landslide

President Daniel Ortega, the one-time Marxist revolutionary, was set to win a third term in power in Nicaragua as early results indicated he was on course for a controversial landslide election victory.

07 Nov 2011

Nicaragua elections: Daniel Ortega poised for third term in power

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla leader, looks likely to win a third term in power after heavy social spending won him strong support among the country's poor in national elections.

07 Nov 2011

Carrying on up the Amazon

The couple rescued in Brazil last week were enjoying a typically English on-the-road trip, fortified by G&Ts and The Archers, says Harriet Alexander.

25 Sep 2011

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Nicaraguan volcano spews out ash cloud

Telica volcano, in western Nicaragua, spewed a huge cloud of gas and ash measuring just under a mile into the air.

19 May 2011

Google maps error sparks invasion of Costa Rica by Nicaragua

Nicaragua has used an error on Google's internet maps system to justify an invasion of Costa Rica.

08 Nov 2010

Death of Nicaraguan official in New York ruled a suicide

The medical examiner's office says a Nicaraguan diplomat found dead in his New York City apartment committed suicide.

29 Oct 2010

UN-bound Nicaraguan diplomat found dead

A senior Nicaraguan diplomat in New York has been found dead with his throat slashed as world leaders gathered in the city for the UN General Assembly's annual meeting.

24 Sep 2010

Latin Americans to trade in virtual currency

Members of Latin America's Leftist bloc will trade amongst themselves using a new currency called the "sucre" in the new year, the group said over the weekend.

13 Dec 2009

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It's about quality of life - but the help's dirt cheap

This was submitted by an American reader, whose love of Nicaragua begins with a maid who costs £60 a month. You've got to admire his honesty...

07 Dec 2009

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Honduran president to return as new regime faces isolation

Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations Secretary General, led calls for the isolation of the interim regime in Honduras as its exiled president prepared for a new attempt to enter the country.

06 Jul 2009

Human Rights Watch calls for Thailand inquiry after riots

Human Rights Watch has called for an independent investigation into the Bangkok riots that left 2 dead and 123 people injured on Monday.

16 Apr 2009

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