Latin American Studies

ARMED FORCES

ARTS & CULTURE

BOLAÑOS, ENRIQUE

BOOKS

CANAL
Chamorro, Pedro Joaquin

DARIO, RUBEN

DRUG TRAFFICKNG

ECOLOGY

ECONOMY

GENERAL

GOVERNMENT

HUMAN 
RIGHTS

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

MUSIC

NATURAL DISASTERS

NETWORK AND INFORMATION SERVICES

NEWS AND NEWSGROUPS

ORTEGA, DANIEL

POLITICS

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

SOCIETY

SOMOZA DYNASTY

TRAVEL AND TOURISM

US-NICARAGUA RELATIONS

VOLCANOES



  NICARAGUA


ARMED FORCES

Cumple el Ejército 19 años
Nicaragua destruye 333 misiles Sam-7



ARTS & CULTURE

Arte Nicaraguense
Atelier Yoyita
Nicaraguan nationalist poet Cuadra dies at 89
Song, dance highlight Nicaraguan fest

BOLAÑOS, ENRIQUE

Bolaños colaborará en investigación de proceso que lo vincula a un fraude
Bush calls to congratulate Nicaragua's Bolanos 
'I want to help my people'
'There is a feeling of hope'
Troubled Nicaragua swears in new leader
JORGE BOLAÑOS: Son of Nicaragua's president

BOOKS
Jamison, James Carson. With Walker in Nicaragua or Reminiscences of an Officer of the American Phalanx (1909)
Levy, Pablo. Notas Geograficas y Economicas Sobre la Republica de Nicaragua (1873)

Lucas, Daniel B. Nicaragua: War of the Filibusters (1896)
Mayes, Guillermo. Campaña nacional Centroamericana contra los filibusteros en Nicaragua 1856-1956 (1956)
Montufar, Lorenzo. Walker en Centro-America (1887)
_____. Reseña Historica de Centro-America, Tomo 7 (1887)
Niederlein, Gustavo. The State of Nicaragua of the Greater Republic of Central America (1898)

Obregon Loria, Rafael. Costa Rica y la guerra del 56 (La campaña del tránsito) 1856-1857 (1976)
Roche, James Jeffrey. Historia de los Filibusteros (1908)
Rodriguez Beteta, Virgilio. Trascendencia Nacional e Internacional de la Guerra de Centro America Contra Walker y sus Filibusteros (1965)
Squier, E. G. Nicaragua: Its People, Scenery, Monuments, and the Proposel Interoceanic Canal, Vol. 1 (1852)
_____. Nicaragua: Its People, Scenery, Monuments, and the Proposel Interoceanic Canal, Vol. 2 (1852)
Stout, Peter F. Nicaragua: Past, Present and Future (1859)
Walker, William. The War in Nicaragua (1860)

Wells, William V. Walker's Expedition to Nicaragua; A History of the Central American War; and the Sonora and Kinney Expeditions (1856)

CANAL

Rio San Juan Project 1854-1931 (Map)
Rio Grande Projects 1838-1878 (Map)
Canal proposed to revive Nicaraguan waterway
Dreaming of Barges, in the Conquistadors' Wake
Nicas idean canal seco interoceánico


CHAMORRO, PEDRO JOAQUIN

Así fué el asesinato de Pedro Joaquín Chamorro
A un aniversario más del asesinato de Pedro Joaquín Chamorro
Plasmaféresis fue favor de Somoza
“Que hable Silvio Peña”
Domingo Acevedo Chavarría, cara de piedra

DARIO, RUBEN

Dario, Ruben
Ruben Dario (1867-1916)
Poemas de Ruben Dario
Permanent Tribute to Ruben Dario

DRUG TRAFFICKING

U.S. drug war finding allies in formerly hostile region 


ECOLOGY

Nicaraguan farmers protest use of pesticide


ECONOMY

Bolsa de Valores de Nicaragua
Central America's New Agony: Shattered Economies
Coffee Glut And Drought Hit Nicaragua
Critics Calling U.S. Supplier in Nicaragua a ´Sweatshop
McDonald's augurs new investment for Nicaragua
Nicaraguan workers protest 'bad publicity'
Nicaraguans Suffer Under Coffee Glut
Small coffee brewers try to redefine fair trade


FOREIGN RELATIONS

Honduran, Nicaraguan tensions near flash point
Nicaragua angry at Honduran plans to ratify sea treaty
Nicaragua bans Honduran, Colombian fishing boats as dispute worsens
Nicaragua, Honduras argue over tiny island
Nicaragua lets Hondurans off the hook
Nicaragua retaliates against Honduras over maritime treaty
Nicaragua, Russia sign military agreement
Nicas y ticos en lío de fronteras 
Solicitan a Adolfo Calero que un juez nicaragüense encause y extradite a Castro por sus crímenes en Centroamérica
In Central America, a Republic of Airrecú? 


GENERAL

Country Map
Nicaragua Map Collection
44% de la población en Nicaragua vive con un dólar al día
Nicaragua cancels border agreement with Costa Rica
Nicaragua seeks to solve indigenous land disputes
Policía nica se declara inerme ante violencia
Vida difícil en basurero de Managua

GOVERNMENT 

Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua
Banco Central de Nicaragua
Consejo Supremo Electoral
Constitución
Instituto Nicaraguense de Energía
Consejo Supremo Electoral - (Español) 
Corte Centroamericana de Justicia - (Español) 
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores - (Español) 


HUMAN RIGHTS

Amnesty International
Human Rights Watch
Nicaragua Today (U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 1992)
U.S. Department of State (2005)

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

Indians' heritage gets a legal stamp

MUSIC

Música de Nicaragua - (Español) 


NATURAL DISASTERS

American aid worker expelled by Nicaragua
Avalanche of mud entombs villages in a flash of horror
Drought's effects linger, sharpen threat of hunger
Earthquakes kill three in Nicaragua; toll expected to rise
Epidemics feared in Mitch's wake
For Nicaraguan Storn Victims, Not Even a Grave
French to clear mines unearthed by Hurricane Mitch
Gas shortages, storms delay relief for flooded Honduras, Nicaragua
Horror of Hurricane Mitch won't go away
Hurricane Flooding's Toll in Central America Passes 1,000
In Nicaragua's Disaster Zone, a Flow of Human Misery
Mud, rubble yield victims
Nature slams Nicaragua again
Nicaragua rejects aid from Cuban doctors
Nicaragua rejects offer of Cuban doctors
Officials Predict Hurricane's Toll Will Exceed 7,000
One disaster recalls another: 1972 earthquake's effects still felt
Quakes kill 6, terrify Nicaragua
Rain adds to storm's deadly toll
Rejected once, Cuban doctors to aid Nicaragua
Relief delayed as Nicaraguans grow desperate
Relief Efforts Enter Rural Areas in Naragua
Storm still battering Nicaragua, Honduras
U.S. troops aid cradle of Nicaraguan nationalism
World offers relief to devastated Central America

NETWORK AND INFORMATION SERVICES

Network Information Center
Internet and Information Services in Central America


NEWS AND NEWSGROUPS

7 Días
El Nuevo Diario
Nica News
La Prensa


ORTEGA, DANIEL

Daniel Ortega


POLITICS

Nicaragua Politics


PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

      Violeta Chamorro

Eden Pastora hungers for Nicaraguan presidency
Nicaraguan president to wed teacher
Nicaragua's ex-vice president in a tight race with old foe Ortega

2001

    Daniel Ortega    Enrique Bolaños 
Election observers eye Nicaragua
Former president rules out another campaign
Incidentes en cierre de campaña de Nicaragua
La calma marca los comicios nicaragüenses
La Iglesia nicaragüense apuesta por Bolaños
Los nicas salieron a votar por su futuro
Nicaraguan Election Draws High Turnout
Nicaraguan right claims poll victory
Nicaraguans Head for the Polls
Old allegiances shifting as Nicaraguan election draws near
Ortega close to comeback as Nicaraguan campaign closes
Ortega Concedes Defeat in Nicaraguan Election
Ortega seeks comeback in Nicaragua
Sandinista Loses Nicaraguan Vote
Sandinistas le anticiparon a Ortega la derrota
Sandinistas' misdeeds haunt presidential candidate Ortega
Ortega's power bid spurs U.S. concerns


SOCIETY

'Electric stairs' require leap of faith in Managua
La prostitución acecha a las niñas nicaragüenses
Miles claman en Nicaragua por agua y comida
Police crackdown has Managua parlors all steamed up
Poor Latin American youths working for coins
Town torn by fight for local self-rule in Nicaragua
Una agobiada nación espera por Bolaños
Central America takes harder line against gangs


SOMOZA DYNASTY

Somoza Dynasty


TRAVEL AND TOURISM

A Faded City Brightens in Nicaragua
Granada, Nicaragua: Its Fall and Rise


UNITED STATES-NICARAGUA RELATIONS

 United States-Nicaragua Relations


VOLCANOES

Another volcano erupts in Nicaragua
Tres volcanes quitan paz a nicaragüenses
Volcán San Cristóbal inicia erupción en Nicaragua
Caen cenizas de volcán San Cristóbal
Volcanoes of Nicaragua