A landslide in San Vito de Coto Brus in Costa Rica’s Southern Zone killed a 15-year-old high school student on Friday afternoon.
The landslide occurred as a 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook much of Costa Rica’s Central Valley and Southern Zone at 3:20 p.m. Friday. Local firefighters and the National Police reported the landslide at 4:30. Shortly [...]

In El Salvador at least 124 people died, dozens went missing and 7,000 evacuated their homes after intense downpours brought by Hurricane Ida caused floods and mudslides in the Central American country, the government announced Sunday.
President Mauricio Funes declared a national emergency, calling the incident a “grave tragedy” whose damage is “incalculable.”
The provinces affected most [...]

Miami, Florida (CNN) – Hurricane Ida made landfall Thursday morning over east central Nicaragua, pelting the Central American nation with heavy rain and weakening to a tropical storm.
At 1 p.m. ET, Ida had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph) with higher gusts, the National HurricaneCenter said. It was earlier a Category 1 Hurricane with 75 mph winds.
Flash [...]

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Tropical Storm Ida uprooted trees, knocked down power lines and forced the evacuation of 300 people on Nicaragua’s Corn Island after forming Wednesday and quickly gaining strength in the southwestern Caribbean.
The storm was threatening to become a hurricane before making landfall in Nicaragua early Thursday morning.
Heavy rains and winds already pounded the [...]

Earthships are the idea created by Michael Reynolds and his crew from Taos, New Mexico. Essentially, they use materials that can be found in the community to build “cheap” homes, coupled with rainwater catchment systems, solar panels and other construction techniques to develop a community with the lightest footprint possible.
The community of San Juan Del Sur [...]

OCOTAL BEACH, NICARAGUA—Nicaragua’s leading romantic destination, Morgan’s Rock Hacienda & Ecolodge, is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its opening on October 12, 2004.
The first guests at Morgan’s Rock were a group of 20 professional surfers who reunite every year in an exotic location around the world to catch the best waves. These surfers became the [...]

DOYLESTOWN, PA — 10/12/09 — Accredited Business Consolidators Corp., f/k/a the Italian Oven Inc. (PINKSHEETS: IOVE), announced that its subsidiary entered into negotiations with Green World Crete Inc. to establish a joint venture for an environmentally friendly concrete plant in Nicaragua.
Envirocare Corp., 80% owned by IOVE, was created to offer environmentally friendly construction solutions. After [...]

CLIMATE CHANGE is wreaking havoc in the world’s coffee and tea growing regions and the next decade is likely to see many of the areas in which these crops are grown rendered unsuitable for cultivation, according to experts.
This bleak forecast has emerged from an initiative called AdapCC, a three-year collaborative project by Café Direct, the [...]

In the midst of what some officials have called Costa Rica’s worst drought in memory, Ricardo Sancho, president of the Costa Rican Water and Sewer Institute (AyA), has warned of water shortages in the near future if the nation’s citizens don’t begin to conserve the resource.
During a press conference on Wednesday, Sancho said the country [...]

(Media-Newswire.com) – BOCAY, Nicaragua — Humane Society International is having an environmental education workshop in the rural town of Bocay in Nicaragua as part of HSI’s environmentally friendly cacao production program. The workshops are aimed at schoolchildren in seven schools in Bocay and take place Sept. 21-26.
The goal of the workshops is to contribute to [...]

If you’re looking for the ultimate place to soak up the sun and enjoy the cool tranquility of water, look no further than Nicaragua. With beaches stretching along both the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, as well a number of inland lakes and rivers, you will have no shortage of beautiful beaches to enjoy in [...]

Nicaragua’s San Cristobal volcano produced a series of explosions that showered ash over nearby towns on Sunday.
The country’s Institute of Territorial Studies said the blasts were due to magma moving inside the volcano.
It urged nearby residents to be prepared for possible evacuation should San Cristobal’s activity increase significantly.
The U.S. Volcanic Ash Advisory Center issued a [...]

Nicaragua is fast becoming a sought after travel destination. It has so much to offer and so much to experience that visitors who come here often return because they simply do not have the time to see everything they’d like to. Many of Nicaragua’s destinations are natural and not man made and many of them [...]

Many visitors to this picturesque country enjoy the many striking mountains which can be found here. A great place to enjoy wildlife, coffee and incredible bird-watching opportunities, Nicaragua’s mountainscertainly have a lot to offer. Nicaragua has more than one mountain range – some reaching to an elevation of over 3281 feet above sea level. They are [...]

The culture of Nicaragua is somewhat varied in different regions due to the different influences that were exerted on these different parts of the country. For the most part, the majority of the people show a strong Spanish influence. However there are other parts of the country that are more influenced by the English culture.
Initially, [...]

If you enjoy hiking or walking and are planning a trip to Nicaragua soon, you may want to consider hiking the Cosiguina Volcano. This walk is relatively easy and will afford you with some stunning views of more than just water and trees. It is definitely worth the effort – it is one of Nicaragua’s lesser-known [...]