Posted on 30 July 2008 by admin
HAVANA, Cuba, July 29 (acn) Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega inaugurated the Ernesto Che Guevara III Power Generator in Managua on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of armed attacks against the Cuban dictatorship of the time garrisons, which sparked the 1959 Revolution on the island.
Posted on 30 July 2008 by admin
Taipei - Taiwan has donated 300,000 US dollars to Nicaragua to buy police uniforms to preserve its diplomatic ties with one of its few allies, the Central News Agency said Wednesday.
Posted on 29 July 2008 by admin
MANAGUA, Nicaragua - A police captain says authorities have recovered a stolen sword that once belonged to Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario.
Posted on 29 July 2008 by admin
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Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos Lopez conferred on Monday with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki on expansion of political and economic cooperation between the two countries.
Posted on 29 July 2008 by nicaraguanpost
The US administration offered Nicaragua to exchange 657 Russian man-portable, shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile systems to medical equipment for the nation’s healthcare system, RIA Novosti reports with reference to Nicaraguan TV channel Canal 8. The amount of the transaction has not been exposed yet.
Posted on 29 July 2008 by nicaraguanpost
This weeks show will be webcasted “Live” from Granada, Nicaragua on Friday August 1st at 5.00pm.
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Posted on 28 July 2008 by nicaraguanpost
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Thieves broke in to a museum in Leon over the weekend stealing the ceremonial sword of poet Ruben Dario.
The sword was the only artifact missing, the thieves leaving behind valuable original manuscripts by the renowned poet.
The ceremonial sword was used by Dario when he served as Nicaraguan ambassador to Spain.
Police are investigating the robbery.
Posted on 27 July 2008 by admin
World bank Press release
WASHINGTON, DC, July 25, 2008 - Nicaraguan Minister of Finance Alberto Guevara and World Bank Country Director for Central America Laura Frigenti signed two loan agreements today which will support the country’s efforts to improve water and sanitation in rural areas and to enhance the business climate for micro, small and medium enterprises.
The two agreements, which amount to $40 million in credits from the International Development Association (IDA), were signed at the Nicaraguan Embassy. The first of the two agreements signed is for a $20 million zero-interest credit to support the government of Nicaragua to improve water and sanitation services in rural areas. The second agreement is for a $20 million zero-interest credit to enhance the competitiveness of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and the business climate that affects those firms.
“The financing provided by the World Bank to support micro, small and medium enterprises is essential to our economy and will help provide for a healthier business climate,” said Alberto Guevara, Nicaragua Minister of Finance at the signing ceremony. “Improving basic water and sanitation services for people in rural areas is one of the key aims of Nicaragua’s National Development Plan. The program supported by this new financing will help, improve access to water services, and will target rural and indigenous communities. In particular, this program is expected to have a positive impact on women and children because they traditionally are tasked with fetching water from and washing clothes and children in far-located water sources,” Minister Guevara added.
The Nicaragua Rural Water and Sanitation Project seeks to increase access by project beneficiaries to sustainable water and sanitation services in the country’s two autonomous regions on the Atlantic Coast, RAAS (Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur) and RAAN (Región Autónoma del Atlántico Norte). Along with the Alto Coco and Bocay region, these have the lowest levels of water and sanitation coverage in the country. They also have a large indigenous population. The plan outlines the government’s plan to promote the sustainability of water and sanitation infrastructure and service expansion in rural areas through community participation and education, and the coordination of agencies such as Fondo de Inversión Social de Emergencia (FISE) and the municipalities.
The Nicaragua Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Development (MSMEs) will be implemented over five years and will support efforts to improve the quality and affordability of services to MSMEs through four components:
(i) improvements to the business and investment climate for MSMEs by, among others, decreasing the amount of time it takes to start a business;
(ii) implementation of a matching grants program for MSMEs which supports product or process quality enhancement adhering to international accepted certifications;
(iii) increase in the number of MSMEs that have access to financial services such as a pilot partial credit risk guarantee system; and
(iv) improvements to the strategic and institutional development of the Ministry of Economy (MIFIC) in the field of competitiveness.
This program seeks to benefit approximately 112,000 urban MSMEs in Nicaragua, while generating new employment opportunities.
“These projects will support Nicaragua’s efforts to improve economic growth through increased investments in small and medium enterprises. They will also address the country’s urgent need to improve access to water and sanitiation services in rural areas, which is one of the government’s priorities,” said Laura Frigenti, World Bank Director for Central America at the signing ceremony. “The World Bank will continue to collaborate closely with the Government of Nicaragua as it works to reduce poverty in key areas of its National Development Plan,” Frigenti added.
The projects were approved by the World Bank’s Board of Directors on June 12, 2008. Both $20 million zero-interest credits funded by the International Development Association (IDA) have a reimbursement period of 40 years with a 10-year grace period.
Posted on 26 July 2008 by nicaraguanpost
The director of Planning and development of the Health Ministry, Alejandro Solis, says the government of President Daniel Ortega is boosting the construction of several hospitals.
Solis also announced the building of a general hospital in the capital at a cost of 36 million dollars.He added that the hospital network in the country was seriously deteriorated.
The north of Nicaragua needs building in all the hospitals while the Fernando Velez and Roberto Calderon hospitals in the capital are in disastrous conditions, he indicated.
A hospital in the department of Boaca will soon be inaugurated while installations in the capital are being repaired and new polyclinics will be built throughout the country.
After becoming president in 2007 Ortega eliminated the privatization of the health system set up by the liberal administrations that had governed the country for 16 years.
Posted on 23 July 2008 by nicaraguanpost
A large group of women headed by the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH) on July 15 filed a claim with the Supreme Court of partial unconstitutionality against the new Penal Code that criminalized therapeutic abortion.
