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Managua

Type: City
Name: Managua
Country: Nicaragua
Latitude: 12.15
Longitude: -86.269997
population: 1,140,499
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 11 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Nicaragua Seizes Arms Cache From Mexico Drug Gang
MANAGUA - Nicaraguan police have seized a large cache of weapons and explosives from suspected members of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel after a police car chase outside Managua, a spokeswoman said.The weapons included 61 automatic rifles, mostly AK-47's ... [Inside Costa Rica - 11/16/2009]
Entities: Nicaragua, Managua, Mexico
First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 11 Documents
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Daniel Ortega
Students attack Nicaraguan legislature
Hundreds of students lobbed homemade bombs at Congress on Tuesday to protest government plans to cut university funding, as pro-and anti-government demonstrators prepared to square off at the weekend in Managua.The explosives caused only minor damage ... [IOL - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)
World briefs - November 18, 2009
Troops ignored ordersJERUSALEM: The Israeli army has punished a group of soldiers for protesting against the forcible evacuation of settler homes in the West Bank. The troops refused to follow orders during the military's evacuation of settlers on Monday ... [The Star South Africa - 11/18/2009]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents
The Creeping Coup in Managua
It has been perplexing that the world press has paid such scant attention to the unfolding usurpation of power by Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista party down in Managua. Today, thankfully, the New York Times finally published a long overdue story. The ... [MyDD - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 1 Documents
October 25 - International Religious Freedom Report 2009
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and LaborInternational Religious Freedom Report 2009Note: This is the Nicaragua specific portion of the report. The full report can be found hereOctober 26, 2009The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and ... [US Embassy Nicaragua: Managua - 11/16/2009]
First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 1 Documents
And They Tore Down The Berlin Wall - Part II
In part one of this series I looked at how Soviet style socialism was constructed in a centralised and hierarchical manner and as to how this lent itself to authoritarianism. Marxism-Leninism became the central tenet of Soviet and, after 1945, Eastern ... [Voxy.co.nz - 11/14/2009]
First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/05/2009 - 2 Documents (in Environment)
Ida reaches hurricane strength
Filadelfo AlemanManagua, NicaraguaTThe hurricane was forecast to slash into Nicaragua's Atlantic coast within hours, then cut across Honduras before emerging over open water on Saturday a still-tentative path that could carry it near Mexico's resort of ... [Globe and Mail - 11/05/2009]
First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 3 Documents
Nicaraguans Protest Remarks by U.S. Envoy
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (Agence France-Presse) — Thousands of Nicaraguans pelted the United States Embassy here with rocks and homemade explosives on Thursday, demanding that the ambassador be expelled for criticizing . Mr. Ortegas administration issued a ... [New York Times - 10/30/2009]
First Reported 11/01/2009 - Updated 11/01/2009 - 2 Documents
US envoy defiant on leaving Nicaragua
MANAGUA (AFP) The US ambassador to Nicaragua said on Sunday he plans to stay put in the Central American nation despite violent protests demanding that he go home for allegedly meddling in domestic politics. 'I am staying here to work as US ambassador ... [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/01/2009]
First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/02/2009 - 1 Documents
In Latin America, voters granting leaders more time in office to effect real change
file photo, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, second left, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, third left, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, fourth left, and Ecuador's President Rafael Correa pose for a ... [Chicago Tribune - 11/02/2009]
First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 1 Documents
Nicaragua Bishops Decry Violence in Anti-US Protest
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, NOV. 3, 2009 (Zenit.org).- If a protest is to be made, let it be done civilly, the leader of Nicaragua's bishops exhorted in response to anti U.S. protests here last week.Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes Solórzano of Managua said this after ... [Zenit - 11/03/2009]
First Reported 11/04/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 1 Documents
Honduras' Zelaya urges int'l community to speed up his restitution
MANAGUA, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya urged the international community on Tueday to speedily implement the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Agreement, which foresees his immediate restitution in power. 'We call the international community ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/04/2009]

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Zelaya seeking help from U.S. government [NoticiasOklahoma.com - 11/20/2009]
Nicaragua is latest in Latin America to reject ... [Christian Science Monitor - 11/19/2009]
Unmagical Realism in Central America [Time - 11/19/2009]
World briefs - November 18, 2009 [The Star South Africa - 11/18/2009]
Students attack Nicaraguan legislature [IOL - 11/18/2009]
Hundreds of students attack Nicaraguan legislature [France24 - Science - 11/18/2009]
Hundreds of students attack Nicaraguan legislature [France24 - Business - 11/18/2009]
Hundreds of students attack Nicaraguan legislature [France24 - culture - 11/18/2009]
Hundreds of students attack Nicaraguan legislature [France24 - Americas - 11/18/2009]
Hundreds of students attack Nicaraguan legislature [France24 - Africa - 11/18/2009]
Hundreds of students attack Nicaraguan legislature [France24 - Middle East - 11/18/2009]
Hundreds of students attack Nicaraguan legislature [France24 - europe - 11/18/2009]
Hundreds of students attack Nicaraguan legislature [France24 - france - 11/18/2009]
Hundreds of students attack Nicaraguan legislature [France24 - Asia Pacific - 11/18/2009]
Hundreds of students attack Nicaraguan legislature [The News International - 11/17/2009]
More [World Socialist Web Site - 11/17/2009]
Nicaragua: Violence Against Women Is Escalating... [RBC Dain Rauscher - 11/17/2009]
Nicaragua Seizes Arms Cache From Mexico Drug Gang [Inside Costa Rica - 11/16/2009]
October 25 - International Religious Freedom Re... [US Embassy Nicaragua: Managua - 11/16/2009]
Nicaragua seizes arms cache from Mexico drug gang [InSing.com - 11/16/2009]
Nicaragua seizes arms cache from Mexico drug gang [France24 - Business - 11/16/2009]
Nicaragua seizes arms cache from Mexico drug gang [France24 - Americas - 11/16/2009]
Nicaragua seizes arms cache from Mexico drug gang [France24 - Africa - 11/16/2009]
Nicaragua seizes arms cache from Mexico drug gang [France24 - Middle East - 11/16/2009]
Nicaragua seizes arms cache from Mexico drug gang [France24 - europe - 11/16/2009]
Nicaragua seizes arms cache from Mexico drug gang [France24 - france - 11/16/2009]
Nicaragua seizes arms cache from Mexico drug gang [France24 - Science - 11/16/2009]
Nicaragua seizes arms cache from Mexico drug gang [France24 - culture - 11/16/2009]
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The Creeping Coup in Managua [MyDD - 11/16/2009]
It has been perplexing that the world press has paid such scant attention to the unfolding usurpation of power by Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista party down in ...
Daniel Altschuler: Stakes Rise for the United S... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/11/2009]
The stakes for the United States in the Honduran political crisis are higher than ever. At the end of October, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, celebrated ...
The Wall Street Journal and the case of the not... [FP Passport - 11/10/2009]
This Wall Street Journal article is trying really hard to find something sinister in the story of a recently constructed mosque in Nicaragua. The piece leads by ...
Nicaragua: Protests in Managua Show Divisions W... [Global Voices Online - 10/30/2009]
It has been a busy week in Nicaragua. On October 19, the Supreme Court overturned Article 147 of the National Constitution, which had prohibited continuous presidential ...
Nicaragua: Peasant woman dies of swine flu [H5N1 - 08/13/2009]
Via Univision.com: Campesina muere de influenza porcina en Nicaragua.[Peasant woman dies of swine flu in Nicaragua] The complete story, with my translation:Una campesina ...
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