According to InsideCostaRica.com, Canada has promised nearly US$400,000 to the Humanitarian Demining Program in Nicaragua. This donation will be given to Nicaragua through OAS-AICMA (the Organization of American States’ Program for Comprehensive Action against Anti-personnel Mines) to help the country fulfil its obligations as a member country of the Ottawa Convention.
The Demining Plan
Nicaragua has been [...]

US Delays $64 Million in Aid to Nicaragua
Due to concerns over the fairness of Nicaragua’s elections, the US has just announced that it will keep on delaying the promised development aid of $64 million. The US Ambassador to Nicaragua, Robert Callahan, has even said that this aid could be canceled if the situation is not [...]

With all the TV and press coverage of the race for president over the past few months, I feel as if I know everything there is to know about Barack Obama! Obama’s journey to the White House has been an exciting one and it reaches its climax today as Obama is sworn in as the [...]

Back in November, I posted about the municipal elections that were taking place all over Nicaragua on 9 November.  These elections were of major importance as a referendum on Ortega’s Sandinista government, a chance for the Nicaraguan people to feedback on how they thought their country was being run.

The Petition
At the time, concerns were voiced [...]