Tag: Nicaragua

• Friday, December 26th 2014 - 07:30 UTC

  Nicaragua: civic organisations want protesters freed, 'Chinese invaders' out

  

  Expropriation law upsets peasants, environmentalists. 30 arrested nationwide. President Daniel Ortega dubbed a 'traitor'.

• Tuesday, December 23rd 2014 - 06:28 UTC

  Groundbreaking of Chinese-backed Nicaragua Canal commences

  

  Protesters, skepticism did not stop the administration of President Daniel Ortega. Project seeks to reshape country's poor economy,

• Thursday, February 27th 2014 - 03:21 UTC

  Russia with plans for military bases in Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela

  

  Russia is planning to expand its permanent military presence outside its borders by placing military bases or seeking permission for navy ships to use ports in a number of foreign countries, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday. The list includes Vietnam, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, the Seychelles, Singapore and several other countries

• Wednesday, January 29th 2014 - 06:40 UTC

  Nicaragua's Ortega joins the club of Latam leaders addicted to remaining in office

  

  Nicaragua's national assembly voted to scrap presidential term limits, which could allow current head of state Daniel Ortega to run again for election at the end of his current mandate.

• Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 23:54 UTC

  Falklands’ Noble Energy exploring for oil in disputed Caribbean waters supported by Nicaragua

  

  On 17 July, Nicaragua announced that US-based Noble Energy would invest 30 million dollars in drilling two offshore wells in the Caribbean—launching Nicaragua's first-ever oil exploration.

• Wednesday, July 10th 2013 - 06:05 UTC

  OAS condemns Morales plane incident and urges EU countries involved to apologize

  

  The Organization of American States Permanent Council (OAS) adopted on Tuesday a resolution expressing solidarity with President of Bolivia Evo Morales whose official aircraft last July 2 was delayed because of air space pass-by denial in Europe and urged the European countries involved to provide explanations and apologies.

• Saturday, July 6th 2013 - 07:16 UTC

  Venezuela and Nicaragua prepared to offer ‘humanitarian asylum’ to Snowden

  

  Presidents Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela said Friday they were willing to grant asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden. The NSA whistleblower has asked for asylum in several countries, including Nicaragua and Venezuela.

• Friday, June 14th 2013 - 08:20 UTC

  Nicaragua approves transoceanic canal to rival with Panama and to be built by Hong Kong company

  

  The Nicaraguan Congress has approved a proposal to have a canal built linking the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. A Hong Kong-based company has been granted a 50-year concession to build the waterway, which will rival the Panama Canal.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2013 - 05:18 UTC

  Fast-track debate in Nicaragua to consider Chinese project for an inter-ocean canal

  

  Nicaragua is moving closer to granting a Chinese company a 100-year concession to build and operate a canal linking the Atlantic to the Pacific.
  Construction of the waterway would take 10 years and cost 40 billion dollars.

• Tuesday, June 4th 2013 - 05:27 UTC

  Strong reaction from Bolivarian countries to Colombia’s cooperation with NATO

  

  President Juan Manuel Santos announcement over the weekend that Colombia will look for a cooperation understanding with NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) on their invitation, has irked the so called Latinamerican group of ‘anti-imperialist countries’, at a moment when relations between neighbouring Colombia and Venezuela have hit a new low.