News: Nicaragua

We have started to collect the most important news related to Nicaragua in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• July 10th 2018 – October 6th 2017
• May 14th 2017 – November 16th 2015
• August 26th 2015 – October 18th 2014
• September 9th 2014 – February 11th 2014
• January 29th 2014 – June 13th 2013
• April 23rd 2013 – September 8th 2012
• August 25th 2012 – July 20th 2011
• May 10th 2011 – July 28th 2009
• July 25th 2009 – May 30th 2008
• March 6th 2008 – September 5th 2007
• August 5th 2007 – October 13th 2006
• October 4th 2006 – July 3rd 2006

Nicaragua: news

US death row Nicaraguan reprieved

Wednesday, August 26th 2015, 10:27
related countries: United States
related places: Houston

A Nicaraguan sentenced to death for murdering a man in Houston in 1997 is given a reprieve after a prosecution witness recants.
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Fifa suspect charged in Nicaragua

Tuesday, August 18th 2015, 12:08
related countries: Switzerland

Nicaraguan Fifa official Julio Rocha, who was detained in Switzerland in May over corruption allegations, is charged with money laundering in Nicaragua.
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Fifa suspect opts to go to Nicaragua

Friday, August 14th 2015, 18:37
related countries: Switzerland

Julio Rocha, one of seven senior Fifa officials detained in Switzerland in May over corruption allegations, accepts extradition to Nicaragua.
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Nicaraguan volcano Telica spews ash

Wednesday, May 13th 2015, 12:33
related places: Telica

Telica, one of Nicaragua's most active volcanoes, spews ash 400m (1,300ft) into the air causing fear among people living on its slopes.
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VIDEO: Cameras capture Nicaraguan volcano eruption

Wednesday, May 13th 2015, 9:46
related places: Telica

Camera crews capture a dramatic eruption from Nicaragua's Telica volcano.
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Remove 'Ebola man', Nicaragua tells US

Monday, April 13th 2015, 22:21
related countries: Liberia, United States
related places: Washington

Nicaragua quarantines a US embassy man who has travelled to Liberia and asks Washington to remove him over Ebola concerns.
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Wang Jing: The man behind the Nicaragua canal project

Wednesday, March 18th 2015, 22:32
related countries: China

The Chinese tycoon behind the Nicaragua canal project
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Nicaragua breaks ground on canal

Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 6:15
related countries: Panama

Nicaragua launches the construction of a canal that aims to link the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and to rival Panama's waterway.
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VIDEO: Nicaragua canal faces opposition

Monday, December 22nd 2014, 12:00

Nicaragua, the poorest country in mainland South America, announced on Monday it will break ground on a new canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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Nicaraguans protest over canal plan

Wednesday, December 10th 2014, 23:56
related places: Managua

Protests take place in the Nicaraguan capital, Managua, against plans for a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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December start for Nicaragua canal

Friday, November 21st 2014, 2:04

Nicaragua says construction of its $50bn inter-oceanic canal will begin next month after feasibility studies are approved.
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Days of deadly rains hit Nicaragua

Saturday, October 18th 2014, 23:45
related places: Managua

Twenty-two people have died in Nicaragua during several days of heavy rains, nine of them in the capital Managua when a wall collapsed.
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