Archive for 'Nicaragua News'
Nicaragua Tourism Institute now has an English Website to promote the Country
Posted on 24. Jan, 2012 by Mike Cobb.
Great news. Nicaragua’s Ministry of Tourism has reworked it’s English version website and it looks spectacular. http://nicaraguatourism.us/ In addition to the things you’d expect like tours, places to see, history etc… you also get a section of travel specials. One section I especially like is the section on “What People are Saying About Us” which is [...]
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José Urteaga, a turtle defender!
Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by Mike Cobb.
It’s great to know movers and shakers. Until now, I never knew anyone who’d been in National Geographic. But to my surprise a couple weeks ago, there was my friend José Urteaga on the pages talking about the Olive Ridley Turtles. Jose and his team at Flora and Fauna have been doing some great [...]
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Nicaragua’s green Energy reaches 50 percent
Posted on 20. Jan, 2012 by Mike Cobb.
Gran Pacifica is “Green Pacifica” with nearly half its power coming from renewable resources off of Nicaragua’s grid. The nation’s green energy production is now 48% of total demand. Nicaragua is proving its dedication to build a renewable energy basis and the results are impressive. As new hydro and geothermal come on line, that percentage [...]
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Nicaraguan Export Figures Reach New Record During 2011
Posted on 18. Jan, 2012 by Valeria Espinoza.
The Center for Export Procedures (CETREX, for its acronym in Spanish) recently stated in a preliminary report that Nicaraguan exports reached US$2,130.3 million in the first eleven months of 2011, surpassing total sales in 2010 and reaching record figures. This amount exceeds the US$1,920 million in total exports reached in 2010, which had been the [...]
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Nicaragua Leads Central American for GDP Growth
Posted on 18. Oct, 2011 by Mike Cobb.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently confirmed that Nicaragua’s economy will grow by approximately 4.0 percent in 2011, information also confirmed by official government projections and independent organisms such as the Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development (FUNIDES, for its acronym in Spanish). According to the IMF’s projections, the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) [...]
