The number of deaths as a result of the crisis in Nicaragua continues to grow, while the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights estimates the death toll of some 285, other unofficial sources put the number way over 300. This Wednesday thousands of Nicaraguans formed a human chain in a main road that connects Managua to Masaya, to demand that President Daniel Ortega leaves the Government and ...

A new report released today by the non-governmental organization, Nicaraguan Pro Human Rights Association (ANPDH in Spanish), confirms that the total number of victims that the conflict in this country has left since April 18 is 285, while 2500 have been injured, 156 are missing and 42 are permanently disabled; the report also details that among those who lost their live are 20 minors, 1 journalis...

The morning Monday June 25th, the offices of the General Directorate of Migration in Costa Rica were abnormally crowded by Nicaraguans waiting to request refuge status. The government insists that the majority of the requests are coming from Nicaraguans that already reside in Costa Rica, however, the number of requests this Monday was of over 1,200 by 10 a.m., exceeding the normal average of 10...

The crisis that has affected Nicaragua since mid-April and that has left over 200 deaths, including a 1 ½ year-old baby, according to the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh), has affected the Central American country not just socially but also economically. Commerce both in imports and exports has been affected as well as the tourism industry. Today Volaris airlines, for instance, an...

Migration Police in Costa Rica intercepted a bus aboard which were 80 Nicaraguans with irregular migratory status. The bus was detained close to the Juan Santamaria Airport in Alajuela and apparently it departed from La Cruz in Guanacaste. Migration Police checked the identities of each of the Nicaraguan natives; their situation will be clarified on Monday by the General Directorate of Migra...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Epsy Campbell, announced that Eduardo Trejos, Costa Rica’s ambassador to Nicaragua will remain in his position in the Nicaraguan Embassy through July 31st. Trejos was supposed to leave the embassy on July 1st to take on his new position as head of the Security and Intelligence Directorate (DIS). The decision obeys to the current crisis that Nicaragua is goin...

After two months of conflict in Nicaragua and a death toll of close to 200 people, violence continues in the streets of the Central American country as the protests against the government of Daniel Ortega and its repression seem unlikely to come to an end soon. The national dialogue resumed last Friday but it advances at a slow pace. The Government accepted this Friday the presence in the coun...

The crisis in Nicaragua has caused the requests for refugee status to increase, confirmed Director Raquel Vargas from the Directorate of Migration in Costa Rica in a press conference. According to Vargas, “there is no emergency and we are not facing a crisis at this point, there is an increase (in the number of requests), and we are clear on this; for this reason, we are going over the requests...

The Bureau of Consular Affairs of the United States Department of State issued a Level 3 (Reconsider Travel) advisory for Nicaragua due to “crime, civil unrest and limited healthcare availability”. Nicaragua has been facing a serious crisis that began in April 18, when college students took to the streets to protest the revocation of the social security and pension reforms approved unilaterally...

The Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy of Nicaragua called for a national strike this Thursday, June 14, to demand the end of repression and violence which has caused the death of at least 150 civilians. “This is a civic and peaceful strike that covers the entire country and all the economic activities”, explained the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy of Nicaragua which gathers bus...

The Chamber of Commerce in Costa Rica has expressed its concern as the situation affecting Nicaragua continues to affect the transportation of merchandise through this nation’s territory, affecting both imports and exports. Due to this, companies have been obligated to use other means of transportation such as maritime and aerial which have resulted in an increase in the logistics costs of as much...

President Carlos Alvarado was received by the Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) during a  meeting today at the headquarters of the institution in Washington, DC. Alvarado centered his speech around the situations currently affecting Nicaragua and Venezuela. "The main achievement of the General Assembly of this Organization was to channel the analysis of the challenges in t...

After almost two months of protests and violence which has left, according to the latest data from the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH), 139 fatal victims, Nicaraguans in Costa Rica and other parts of the world continue so show their support to the protesters through pacific manifestations. This Sunday, Nicaraguans gathered in San Jose, they marched from from the Central Park to the ...

According to information released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the flow of immigrants through the north frontier (Nicaragua) registers a mild increase. “Since three weeks ago, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains an Interinstitutional Coordination Committee to face the possible impact that the crisis in Nicaragua could have in Costa Rica”, informed the Vice-President and Chancellor,...

Road blocks in several areas of Nicaragua, particularly 52 kilometers North from Managua, in the area known as Las Maderas have had hundreds of trailer and cargo trucks from different Central American countries stuck for days. According to Francisco Quiros, executive director of the National Chamber of Cargo Drivers, close to 100 trucks from Costa Rica have been stuck for almost a week now in...

Violence in Nicaragua continues, and this Saturday it left another three fatal victims, among them, a United States citizen. The death of the three men occurred in confusing circumstances during conflict between mobs. The American citizen was identified by Nicaraguan authorities as Sixto Henry Vera, 48 years of age and it was attributed to “delinquent groups that operate in the area with fi...

Photo: Archives The crisis continues in Nicaragua as the government and the opposition fail to come to terms. According to EFE, the Nicaraguan Health Minister Sonia Castro confirmed Thursday that 15 people have died and 199 have been wounded over the past two days of protests around the country. While the Nicaraguan Center of Human Rights (CENIDH) detailed in a preliminary report that enco...

The crisis in Nicaragua continues after one month despite the initial attempts of a national peace dialogue that took place this week. The confrontation between the Nicaraguan government and the protesters has left so far over 63 deaths. Nicaragua is the fourth commercial partner of importance for Costa Rica, where exports reach close to $500 million a year. The repercussions of the crisis...

“Costa Rica expresses its solidarity to Nicaragua and regrets the events that have caused the loss of human lives which harm fundamental aspects related to the dignity and physical security of the people”, this is part of the statement made by the Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Affairs in relation to the tension and violence that Nicaragua has lived in over the past three weeks. “Costa Rica su...

Tension continue in Nicaragua where after three weeks the protests against the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo.    The Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (Cenidh) has the death toll raised to 50, however, other humanitarian organizations register as many as 63 dead. The protests are led by the group “April 19 Student Movement” formed by university students which has also receive...

The Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo, wife of President Daniel Ortega, announced Monday the revocation of the social security and pension reforms (approved unilaterally without the approval of congress), that sparked the protests last week which have left close to 30 fatalities. Despite this measure, the street protests and violence have not seized in the Central American country, thou...

The mission is clear, the National Olympic Committee wants the Costa Rica Surf team to win as many gold medals as possible in the upcoming Central American Sports Games, this is the first time this discipline is included in the event, which is part of the qualifying events towards the Tokyo Olympics 2020. For this reason, trainer Jim Hogan has chosen the best surfers to represent the country in t...

280 thousand Costa Rican tourists have visited Nicaragua this year, an increase of over 25% according to the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (Intur). With this number of visitors Costa Rica is the country that has sent more tourists to Nicaragua surpassing the number of tourists from the United States and Honduras that used to take the first places. According to Intur, the profile of the Costa ...

Photo credit: Jairo Cajina Ten Costa Rican tourism companies visited the coast of Nicaragua in the South Pacific this week with the purpose of exploring the tourism offer existent in this area. According to Jose Adrián Aguerri, president of the Superior Council of Private Companies of Nicaragua, they had organized meetings with Costa Rican and Nicaraguan authorities and planned to visit diff...

Emergency management chief Rogelio Flores said Tuesday that "thousands of people took part" in the first national multiple-threat drill of the year in Nicaragua. The evacuation and reaction of citizens faced with extreme natural phenomena that could turn into disasters, such as an earthquake, a tsunami, the eruption of a volcano or the blast of a hurricane, were the focus of the simulation, acc...

Nicaraguan four-division World Champion Roman "Chocolatito" González, lost his WBC world title and his perfect record this Saturday after judges called a controversial Majority Decision win in favor of Srisaket Sor Rungvisai from Thailand at the Madison Square Garden in New York. The fight was a war from the moment the first bell rang and kept everyone at the edge of their seats all through twe...

Dentons to be first global law firm with offices in Central America PRESS RELEASE : Proposed combination with Muñoz Global would unite world’s largest law firm and regional leader with offices in Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua November 15, 2016: Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announced it would become the first global law firm with offices in Central America if a proposed combin...

The sport of boxing and Nicaragua mourns the death today of boxing trainer Arnulfo Obando, the longtime coach of Roman “Chocolatito” González. Obando passed away this Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 9:15 A.M. in the Vivian Pellas Hospital in Nicaragua. Obando had to be rushed to the hospital on Monday, October 31st after suffering a stroke; reportedly he had complained of weakness in his arms, a...

Costa Rica has referred to its concerns about Nicaragua's recent purchase of military weapons. Managua, Sep 4 (EFE).- Nicaragua's army celebrated its 37th anniversary with the traditional military parade. President Daniel Ortega praised the Central American country's armed forces during the celebration on Saturday, touting the military's work in security, crime fighting and humanitarian missio...

By Wendy Anders Costa Rica’s Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MOPT, in Spanish) and the National Roadways Council (CONAVI) gave orders yesterday to begin the design and construction of an access road to the new Moín Container Terminal (TCM, in Spanish) at Costa Rica’s largest port in the Atlantic coast region of Limón. The four-lane Moín port access road of 2.1 kms in length must...

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (C) listens during an official meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) during an official state visit by the Nicaraguan president to Iran in 2007. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif began his first Latin American visit Monday in Havana, where he met with Foreign Minister Bruno Rodrigu...

Managua - Wikimedia Commons The Latin American Business Council, known as CEAL, said Thursday that the region should take advantage of its assets to achieve shared prosperity. Being well-positioned in regard to the "great megatrends" of security in food, water and energy; sustainability; and peace demonstrates that Latin America is "part of the solution and not part of the problem," the pre...

By Wendy Anders Indigenous community leaders in Nicaragua’s Atlantic coastal region filed this week for an injunction with the Nicaraguan Supreme Court regarding the country's proposed canal project reported Nicaragua’s daily La Prensa. Community leaders are allegedly in disagreement with Hector Thomas, president of the Rama Kriol Territorial Government (GTR-K), who signed a consentment agre...

Illustrative image. (Flickr Commons) A man believed to be responsible for the murder, necrophilia and corpse desecration of two women at a love motel in Costa Rica was arrested just as he was planning to flee to Nicaragua on foot. According to a recent news report filed by Gustavo Retana of daily tabloid Diario Extra, the suspect has been identified by the last names of Núñez Rubí. He check...

Wikimedia Commons President Daniel Ortega will seek re-election to a third consecutive term in November, this time with his wife, Rosario Murillo, on the ticket as vice president in a contest from which Nicaragua's main opposition was pushed aside by government maneuvers. The 70-year-old Ortega filed papers Tuesday with the national elections commission to run for a fourth term as president...

Illustrative image. (Flickr Commons) Law enforcement officers in Costa Rica are currently engaged in a manhunt for Nicaraguan farmer believed to have carried out a gruesome murder in the Chontales Department. The suspect’s name is Herner José Galeano, and his last known whereabouts place him in the rural canton of San Carlos, province of Alajuela.   According to a recent news report...

(CRS Archive) A group of 28 opposition lawmakers who were unseated by Nicaragua's electoral authority said they had been the victims of a "coup." "The mass ouster of opposition lawmakers is an unprecedented move in Nicaraguan history, and with it (President) Daniel Ortega ... is staging a coup on the legislature," the unseated lawmakers said Friday in a statement read by the now-former lead...

President of Nicaragua Daniel OrtegaThe Sandinistas, members of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), on Tuesday celebrated the 37th anniversary of the revolution that ended the Somoza dictatorship in Nicaragua in festivities marked by the support of the country's president Daniel Ortega to his Venezuelan ally and counterpart Nicolas Maduro, one of his invitees. Ortega, who is runni...

(CRS Archive)Thousands of Nicaraguan public employees and supporters of the ruling democratic socialist Sandinista National Liberation Front, or FSLN, marched through the streets of this capital in support of President Daniel Ortega, who is seeking a third consecutive term in office in November's general elections. Friday's march, which was organized by the ruling party's official youth group,...

President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega A former Contra guerrilla on Monday was chosen to be the presidential candidate for Nicaragua's Constitutional Liberal Party, or PLC, with an eye toward the November election, in which the main opposition coalition will not participate. Maximino Rodriguez, a former member of the Contras in the 1980s, was unanimously selected by the PLC party convention, ...