The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Managua - Plans for a huge rally Saturday in Managua against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and counterdemonstrations by Sandinista government supporters raised concerns about possible street clashes. Opposition parties with representatives in Co...
CNN (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Tens of thousands of people, government protesters and supporters alike, demonstrated Saturday in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Managua - Thousands of protestors in the Central American state of Nicaragua took to the streets of Managua on Saturday against President Daniel Ortega, charging that he is trying t o set up a dictatorship. But the anticipated clashes between Ortega ...
France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Thousands of pro- and anti-government protesters took to the streets of Nicaragua's capital Saturday, protesting and backing President Daniel Ortega's bid to remain in power. Chanting "Democracy yes, dictatorship no!" Ortega opponents numbered at 50,000 by organizers marched peacefully in Managua against his controversial re-election plans, even as thousands of the president's supporters...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Managua - The spectre of huge protests and counter-protests at week's end in the capital city prompted Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Wednesday to urge his own supporters to practice non- violence. His supporters have organized a demonstration of...
France24 (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Hundreds of students lobbed homemade bombs at the Nicaraguan Congress to protest government plans to cut university funding, as pro-and anti-government demonstrators prepared to square off at the weekend in Managua. The explosives caused only minor damage when they were thrown at the building that houses the Congress, said lawmaker Francisco Aguirre. But Aguirre said that if they had been used in...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Managua - More than 150 inmates rioted in a provincial Nicaraguan prison, and authorities mobilized hundreds of police to restore order, local radio stations reported. The pro-government Nueva Radio Ya said at least five inmates were injured and one ...
Irons in the Fire (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
MANAGUA – An arsenal of military weaponry seized over the weekend in the province of Matagalpa belonged to a cell of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, Nicaraguan authorities said Monday. The National Police said Monday in a communique that the arsenal – including 58 assault rifles, two mortars, 10 grenades, 30 sticks of TNT and 19,236 rounds of ammunition – “were being transported...
The Humane-Rights-Agenda Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=16241 Interview with Honduras Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas Posted By the editor On November 17, 2009 @ 1:15 am Honduran Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas. Photo: Giorgio Trucchi, rel-UITA HAVANA TIMES, Nov 16 ([2] [3] Rel-UITA ) - At the end of a press conference held at the Honduran embassy in Managua, Nicaragua, the liberal mayor of San Pedro Sula, Rodolfo Padilla Sunseri,...
Once Upon a Time in the West (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
In this follow-up post to our last Red Dawn Alert , we supply some more details regarding Sergei Shoigu’s three-nation tour of Latin America. After visiting Managua to sign a memorandum on bilateral cooperation in the field of civil defense with Nicaragua’s neo-Sandinista regime, Russia’s emergency situations minister flew to Havana where he signed a similar deal with that country’s...
MyDD (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
It has been perplexing that the world press has paid such scant attention to the unfolding usurpation of power by Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista party down in Managua. Today, thankfully, the New York Times finally published a long overdue story. The assault on Nicaragua's democracy has been ongoing for quite some time now with political parties banned from participating in elections and elections...
France24 (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Nicaraguan police have seized a large cache of weapons and explosives from suspected members of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel after a police car chase outside Managua, a spokeswoman said. The weapons included 61 automatic rifles, mostly AK-47's and four M-16s, two grenade launchers, 10 hand grenades, 20 sticks of dynamite and more than 19,000 rounds of ammunition, Vilma Reyes told a press briefing....
Fighting in the Shade™ (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
The Obama administration's efforts at addressing the "unemployment" problem has resurrect memories of observations of similar efforts by another Marxist regime that your host had "contact" ( read arrested by ) with, in January of 1980. During our transport to Managua to be interrogated by the Sandinista officials as spies, we had conversations with several Sandinista revolutionaries....
New English Review/The Iconoclast (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Slightly misleading headline from The Times I think. Islamic expansion into South and Central America is growing, as the story I posted yesterday of the impressive Mosque in Managua is just one instance. The Jews on the continent are in danger, as is the whole world. Can you imaging what an Islamic regime would do with the Amazon people and the rain forest? Goodbye planet. Were there anything left...
NYC Grind (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The WPA World Junior 9-Ball Championship was held on November 3-8, 2009 in Managua, Nicaragua, and now two new champions have been crowned. Young pool players from around the world gathered in Managua to represent their countries, including a team of seven players from the U.S.A, who qualified through the BEF Junior National Championships. Included in [...]
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kellya | 14/11/2008
Nicaraguan hothead: A masked supporter of the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front party protests Nicaragua's election council in Managua. The council agreed to allow a review of the capital's mayoral vote results after opponents of leftist President Daniel Ortega cried fraud.
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