Nicaragua
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Covid-19 clarifies climate crisis
Unlike the virus, there is no treatment for global warming except to immediately abandon economic activities that cause it
Second strong earthquake rattles Nicaragua
Nicaragua has been hit by a 6.6 magnitude strong earthquake, the second in as many days.
Nicaragua reveals Snowden’s letter requesting asylum
Nicaragua has revealed details from Edward Snowden’s request for asylum, in which Snowden says it is unlikely he will receive a fair trial in the US.
Nicaragua’s Ortega claims third-term electoral victory
Former Marxist guerrilla leader Daniel Ortega has claimed a third term in office after partial results gave him a strong lead in Nicaragua polls.
Bodies wash up in Nicaragua from hurricane
Bodies of Miskito Indians killed by Hurricane Felix floated in the Caribbean off Central America and washed up on beaches on Thursday as the death toll from the storm rose to…
Felix kills four in Central America
Hurricane Felix ripped into Central America on Tuesday, trashing a port on Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast, killing at least four people and threatening dangerous mudslides in…
US Cold War foe Ortega back in power in Nicaragua
Former Marxist guerrilla and Cold War veteran Daniel Ortega returned to power in Nicaragua on Wednesday and celebrated another leftist election triumph in Latin America with…
Ortega near comeback in tense Nicaragua vote
Nicaraguans voted in huge numbers for a new president on Sunday with former Marxist guerrilla Daniel Ortega close to returning to power despite opposition from the United States.…
Hurricane Beta slammed Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast, then weakened on Sunday to a tropical storm, triggering life-threatening flash floods and mudslides. By 23.59pm GMT, Beta…
Hurricane Beta dumped heavy rains and whipped up winds on Central America’s Caribbean coast on Saturday, prompting Nicaraguan troops to evacuate thousands of people as Honduras…