Tag: Nicaragua

• Wednesday, November 28th 2012 - 22:20 UTC

  Colombia withdraws from UN Justice Court angry at latest ruling on Caribbean islands

  

  Colombia has withdrawn from a treaty that binds it to the UN International Court of Justice in anger at a ruling that shifts some of its resource-rich waters to Nicaragua, President Juan Manuel Santos announced on Wednesday.

• Thursday, February 16th 2012 - 20:43 UTC

  Controversy in Nicaragua over contribution for ALBA development bank

  

  Nicaragua’s Central Bank President Antenor Rosales quit following a disagreement with President Daniel Ortega over the use of foreign currency reserves to fund a regional bank for the Venezuelan-led bloc of eight nations known as Alba, (Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas).

• Thursday, January 12th 2012 - 18:12 UTC

  Nicaragua’s Ortega condemned killing of Gaddafi and offered a prayer for Hussein

  

  Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega lashed out at Israel and condemned the killing of former Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi while being sworn into office this week alongside Iran and Venezuela presidents.

• Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 21:44 UTC

  Iran’s Ahmadinejad will visit four Latinamerican countries next January

  

  The Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad will be travelling to Latinamerica in the second week of January 2012 to visit Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador, announced the Teheran presidential office, according to a report from the official news agency FNA.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2011 - 08:25 UTC

  Re-election for Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, continent’s poorest nation

  

  Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla leader, was headed for a landslide victory in Sunday's presidential election. Preliminary results showed Ortega, who has cemented his hold on power with social spending for the poor, had 63.7% support based on a count of votes from 18% of polling stations.

• Friday, March 4th 2011 - 01:31 UTC

  Democracy in Latam, a success story ‘except for Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua’

  

  Latin America is enjoying growth and stable democracy with the “notable exceptions” of the leftist governments of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday.

• Monday, November 8th 2010 - 02:59 UTC

  Google Maps errors rekindle border conflict between Nicaragua and Costa Rica

  

  Google Maps error is being blamed for Nicaraguan troops accidentally invading Costa Rica last week. The troops have been accused of crossing the hotly disputed Nicaragua border into Costa Rica in Central America and setting up camp for the night after taking down a Costa Rican flag and raising the Nicaraguan flag.