Transit law to increase fines
Proposed changes to Nicaragua’s Transit Law (Law 431) would increase fines for drunken and reckless driving, regulate motorcycle safety, and possibly affect auto insurance rates, according to the...
View ArticleICJ orders Nicaragua to fill trenches, remove camp
(posted Nov. 22, 5:05 p.m.)- Costa Rica is applauding the International Court of Justice’s strongly worded order to apply new provisional measures against Nicaragua for its continued misbehavior in the...
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Nicaragua ranks 127 in corruption index
What does Nicaragua have in common with Pakistan, Russia, Madagascar, Mali, Lebanon and Azerbaijan? Give up? They’re all tied for 127th place in Transparency International’s 2013 Corruption Perception...
View ArticleNicaragua Dispatch to become crowdsource news site
Dear Gentle Reader, When The Nicaragua Dispatch tried to sign off last July, the outpouring of public support for the webpage was both touching and inspiring. It was clear to sign to me that the site...
View ArticleICJ rejects Nicaragua’s efforts to halt Tico highway
Costa Rica is celebrating its “second consecutive victory” in The Hague following the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) decision to reject Nicaragua’s efforts to halt construction on the Tico...
View ArticleSandinista judges gift wrap canal law in time for Christmas
(posted Dec. 19, 10 a.m.)– Demonstrating that it’s better to give than receive this holiday season, Sandinista magistrates in the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday to uphold Law 840, the Law of the...
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Nicaragua asks INTERPOL to repeal warrant for Pastora
Update: INTERPOL lifted its capture order for Pastora on Jan. 3. Read about it here. Nicaragua’s top cop is asking INTERPOL to lift its international capture order for Sandinista government employee...
View ArticleCosta Rica reports New Year’s exodus of Nicaraguans
(posted Jan. 6, 5:50 p.m.)- The government of Costa Rica is reporting a larger than expected turnout of Nicaraguans requesting visas to return to Costa Rica for work after spending the Christmas...
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Nicaragua’s Brenes made cardinal by Pope Francis
(posted Jan. 12, 8:50 a.m.) - Nicaraguan Catholics today are celebrating the unexpected announcement that Monseñor Leopoldo José Brenes, archbishop of Managua, has been named cardinal by Pope Francis....
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93 percent of high school grads fail UNI entrance exam
Less than 7% of recent high school graduates who took the National Engineering University’s (UNI) entrance exams this month passed, marking a slight improvement from last year’s results. Of the 2,656...
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