Colombia’s Santos: War is easier than peace
CAMBRIDGE—After days of battleship bravado and patriotic proclamations against Nicaraguan expansionism, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos seemed to forget all about his neighborhood nemesis this...
View ArticleNicaragua, Costa Rica battle in court and in the media
Nicaragua and Costa Rica are back in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) this week to continue their expensive and aging argument over a worsening border conflict that allegedly has some Ticos...
View ArticleNicaragua rejects being labeled a ‘criminal state’
(posted Oct. 17, 4:00 p.m.)– Today’s closing arguments before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ended with a bit a mud-slinging when Costa Rica accused Nicaragua of being a criminal nation and...
View ArticleSandinistas aim to change Nicaragua’s political system
After years of suffering a death by a thousand cuts, Nicaragua’s beleaguered constitution is about to get an extreme Sandinista makeover. The ruling party is embarking on an aggressive campaign to...
View ArticleNicaragua’s new pacto
NEWS ANALYSIS. After a decade of tumultuous governance by a cynical power-sharing alliance between two caudillos, Nicaragua has officially entered a new phase of back-room “pacto” politics. As...
View ArticleNicaraguan government reduces workday, increases workday
(posted Jan. 7, 6:25 p.m.)- In a strange scheduling snafu, the Sandinista government this week announced it was cutting back government work hours to part-time, then 24 hours later announced it is...
View ArticleOrtega, Wang promise Nicaragua Canal will break ground in 2014
Following yet another series of contradictory and inauspicious statements about Nicaragua’s future canal plans, President Daniel Ortega and Chinese concessionaire Wang Jing released a joint statement...
View ArticleNew poll: Ortega continues with high approval ratings
Daniel Ortega continues to enjoy a cushy approval rating in the eighth consecutive year of his second presidency, according to an M&R Consultants poll released this week. The survey, which...
View ArticleMurillo announces surprise gov’t shakeup
First Lady Rosario Murillo this week announced another herky-jerky shakeup in the Sandinista government following the alleged resignations of two high-ranking officials who were replaced without...
View ArticleSandinistas approve constitutional reforms in second vote
Nicaragua’s 25 opposition lawmakers walked out on the National Assembly today after failing to stop the Sandinista supermajority from steamrolling their new constitution into law, clearing the way for...
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