Nicaragua

Nicaragua buys $1 billion a year of Venezuelan oil, and gets half of it back in low-interest, long-term loans.

IT MAY be a small, dirt-poor tropical country but Ronald Reagan once saw Nicaragua as a potentially "mortal threat" to the United States.

But in a border tiff that has escalated into a public relations war, it seems to be getting the better of its neighbor Nicaragua.

Venezuelan money already subsidises everything from housing in Nicaragua to cheaper bus fares for the poor in London.

This year Nicaragua expects to have more foreign direct investment, as a share of its GDP, than any other country in the isthmus.

We agreed. " At this point Yeltsin struck the table and said, " Russia is not Nicaragua.

Another possible place was to the north: Nicaragua. President Roosevelt appointed a committee to decide which place would be better.

In 1960, he began to participate in the patriotic youth movement in Nicaragua.

Its increasing difficulty finding competent employees in India has forced the company to expand its search to the Philippines and Nicaragua.

Nicaragua is forecast to be the next country to become free of the humanitarian impact of mines ( "impact-free" ) in 2008.

The company said its new range of Churchill's would use tobacco grown on plantations in the Dominican Republic, Peru, Nicaragua and Ecuador.

However, Nicaragua went on its own way and let the Carter administration's efforts in vain.

In addition to Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, and Venezuela are the only countries that recognize the territories as independent.

From the drug runners' point of view, the working environment along Nicaragua's Caribbean coast is as good as it gets.

However, the court said that Nicaragua could go on dredging, despite Costa Rica's claim of environmental damage.

Conducting Leadership Training Programme in Nicaragua, Kenya , India, Ecuador and Thailand for youth from around the world.

In Nicaragua Daniel Ortega, helped by a strong economy, was re-elected as president.

Nineteen of these countries are in Africa; the remaining three are Guatemala, Pakistan and Nicaragua.

Member of a counterrevolutionary force that sought to overthrow Nicaragua's left-wing Sandinista government.

And there were calls by Venezuela and Nicaragua for the United States to impose tough economic sanctions.

In November, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights said Nicaragua's total ban violated a woman's basic rights.

Production estimates have been revised downward for several countries including Argentina, Brazil, Nicaragua, and Peru.

Places like El Salvador and Nicaragua generated daily headlines around the world and bitter partisan battles in Washington.

Nicaragua: "I'd love to be a farmer, if you would be my soil. Our crop would be bananas. "

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Venezuela's president and its economy are both poorly; should the health of either deteriorate further, Nicaragua will need other friends.

Currently, only Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela and the tiny island nation of Nauru have recognized Abkhazia as an independent state.

it is a very schizophrenic idea , since if you talk to anyone about the war , you ll find out that everyone in nicaragua was involved.

Nicaragua's Supreme Court overturned a clause in its constitution banning presidents from having two consecutive terms in office.

Saudi Arabia is the biggest source of funds for Islamist extremists. Nicaragua is a corrupt country with an "unhinged" president.

A study of deaf people in Nicaragua offers fascinating insights into the link between language acquisition and the understanding of numbers.

Levi's jeans and parts for BMW cars are among the things already made there, tempted by Nicaragua's low costs.

Further south, there are a wide wedge of Nicaragua seamounts , the trench and Columbia basin to separate on this above.

Mr Ahmadinejad has made two visits to Latin America, taking in Nicaragua, Ecuador and Bolivia, as well as Venezuela on both occasions.

The first break came with Costa Rica, even though Nicaragua's president, Daniel Ortega, flirted with Beijing for a period.

Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras hardly fare better, though the hump of S America does not grind over them.

During the Cold War, Soviet-ally Castro funded guerrilla wars against pro-U. S. governments in Nicaragua, Bolivia and El Salvador.

So, the committee decided it would be less costly, overall, to build a canal in Nicaragua.

Maintaining their interest will be crucial if Nicaragua is to stay afloat when Venezuela's generosity runs out.

Mr Ortega, who helped to topple Nicaragua's dictatorship in 1979, is now expected to seek a third term in office next year.

Farther afield, Saudi financial support bolstered American anti-communist initiatives in Angola and Nicaragua.

On a visit to Managua in July, the IMF's deputy head praised Nicaragua's "courageous" efforts to maintain macroeconomic stability.

Colonel North, you talked here often and eloquently about the need for a democratic outcome in Nicaragua .

Under the Central American Free-Trade Agreement, Nicaragua enjoys tariff-free access to the United States.

NICARAGUA may be a small country but it is an emblematic one.

Honduras's media are full of allegations of infiltration by communist agents and drug traffickers from Venezuela and Nicaragua .

El Salvador, the Philippines and Nicaragua are among the worst because of a ban on all abortions.

To date, the MCC has signed compacts with Armenia, Benin, Cape Verde, Georgia, Ghana, Honduras, Madagascar, Nicaragua and Vanuatu.

You can live comfortably in Nicaragua on $18, 000 a year, AARP says, and dinner for two costs about $30.

The policy also led to secret United States support for rebels in Nicaragua.

The Delegation of Nicaragua supported the convening of a diplomatic conference in 2007, if possible.

The United States gave its support to more conservative groups in Nicaragua.

Child nutritional status (measured as height-for-age) improved as a result of CCTs in Mexico, Colombia, and Nicaragua.

August Costa Rica, Nicaragua to the Organization of American States to expose the practice.

But the right feared that the party would mimic its old allies in Nicaragua's shady Sandinista regime.

The U. S. yesterday wrote off most of Nicaragua 's debt to Washington, saying it wants to support the government's economic recovery.

In Nicaragua , investigation and control measures saved hundreds of lives put at risk by methanol intoxication.

Upon our return to the capital of Honduras , we bought some medical supplies , half for Honduras and half for Nicaragua .

A weakened Hurricane Felix is chugging across Nicaragua after demolishing homes and forcing thousands to flee.

This alliance has helped to shield Nicaragua from the slump in the United States.

Soldiers in charge of protecting a vote counting center watch television in Managua, Nicaragua, Sunday.

There have also been various moves on trade finance between Iran and Ecuador, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Venezuela.

With great surprise we saw that some days later, Hurricane Mitch caused its greatest damage in Honduras and Nicaragua.

He later worked for the CIA to undermine Fidel Castro and assist Nicaragua's right-wing Contra guerrillas.

Honduras, Thailand, Panama, Nicaragua and Mexico offer similar lifestyles for comparable prices, according to the magazine.

His government has opened embassies in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Uruguay.

Argentina and Nicaragua supported Canada's claim and were considering to be third parties in the future.

Nicaragua and Guatemala are exploring options to develop smaller and more agile annual surveys that combine household and employment data.

Nicaragua's president, Daniel Ortega, has abused his power to rig both municipal elections and the supreme court.

A study of people in Nicaragua has concluded that humans need language in order to understand large numbers.

In Nicaragua, Alexis Arguello, a former world-champion boxer, was found dead at his home.

Yota is up and running in Nicaragua and will soon launch its service in Belarus and Peru.

But each day was also a stark reminder of the brokenness there as we witnessed the poverty of many of Nicaragua's people.

People of China, Nicaragua has many treasures for you!

In Nicaragua, remittances significantly improved the likelihood of doctor-assisted births, a big factor in reducing maternal mortality.

Nicaragua's constitution limits presidents to two non-consecutive terms.

The convergence lakes Erie and Lake Ontario, is Canada border Nicaragua River Runs the first waterfall.

(It) supports a small cooperative of coffee farmers in northern Nicaragua.

Part of the mini-boom is caused by the rising price of food, which makes up a big chunk of Nicaragua's economic output.

He now travels on passports from Montenegro and Nicaragua and keeps a low profile when on the move in Asia.

A bus travels to the edge of the Masaya craters in Nicaragua , an active volcano just 500 meters high.

the remaining three are Guatemala, Pakistan and Nicaragua.

A bus travels to the edge of the Masaya craters in Nicaragua, an active volcano just 500 metres high.

Illegal immigrants mainly from Brazil, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua and other Latin American countries, and some people from India.

The right bank of the river marks Nicaragua's border with Costa Rica.

The largest lake of Central America, in southwest Nicaragua.

Nicaragua is the poorest country in mainland Latin America.

I served as an environmental education volunteer in La Trinidad, Nicaragua, from 1998 to 2000.

Enrique Bolañ os, Nicaragua's president, who backs the scheme, says it would cost $18 billion and take 12 years to build.

1972- Nicaragua was an earthquake that occurred at 12: 29 a. m. local time.

A hoary plan to build a canal in Nicaragua was dusted off last month, surely not by coincidence.

And there are tier one standouts, like Colombia, Nicaragua and Georgia.

The protest leader sought asylum in Nicaragua.

These activities were merely a prelude to Knox's most important action in the Caribbean area, his intervention in Nicaragua.

Religion in Nicaragua, Central America, many places, is used as an instrument of war.

The region's most conflictive election will come in Nicaragua in November.

Thousands of travelers head to the foothills of Nicaragua's Cerro Negro Mountain every year to take part in the new sporting craze.

In Latin America Iran's president has already exploited anti-American sentiment in countries such as Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

Mr Ortega was Nicaragua's president during the Sandinista revolution from 1979-90.

The House of Representatives quickly passed a bill to build the Nicaragua canal.

Conjugal succession is also a threat in Nicaragua.

He has sought and been granted asylum in Nicaragua.

She has also lived and worked with children in Nicaragua.

Add 1 page for location in city map of San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua.

For example, Physicians for Peace has had a program to treat burn victims in Nicaragua since nineteen ninety-two.

More may go to Nicaragua, and to Ecuador: both countries recently elected presidents friendly to Mr Castro.

Income per person also varies widely, from $15, 300 in Panama to $2, 900 in Nicaragua (see map).

But in the continent's poorer countries, such as Honduras, Nicaragua and Bolivia, 30-50% of urban households could not stretch that far.

How do you feel about the male attitude toward women in society in Nicaragua ?

Whereas in 2007 it accounted for 0. 5% of Nicaragua's exports, last year it took 13%, worth $249m.

Children admire a Christmas tree display near the ruins of the old Metropolitan Cathedral of Managua, Nicaragua

United Nations Observer Mission for the Verification of the Elections in Nicaragua;

Joint Declaration by El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua: integration for the twenty-first century;

Mexico, Nicaragua, honduras and Guatemala reported deaths and destruction of crops and property

Government Junta of National Reconstruction of Nicaragua ;

Adolescent centres in Nicaragua provide health education

Masaya, Nicaragua: Girls disguised as angels are carried during a Holy Week procession

Conservative Democratic Party of Nicaragua;

Sandinista Head Daniel Ortega Wins Nicaragua Presidential El

Nicaragua: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Managua, Nicaragua (Las Mercedes airport)

Solentiname Islands, Nicaragua, 1984

PDHSL; Declaration of the Support Group for Nicaragua;

Declaration on the Situation in Nicaragua;

Embassy of the Republic of Nicaragua

UNICEF brings fresh water to villages in Nicaragua