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Nicaragua
Nicaragua’s Rum Reservoir
During the Contra war in the 1980s, a Nicaraguan distillery was hide away some of its rum. But there was a long-term payoff: Flor de Caña ended up with one of the world’s largest supplies of aged rum.
Iranian President Ahmadinejad Visits Latin America Seeking to Reinforce Alliances
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad embarks on a four-nation tour with visits to Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador, seeking to reinforce ties with the few allies Iran has left.
Nicaragua Cashing in on Rising Gold Prices
Rising gold prices are powering the economy in Nicaragua, which is welcoming foreign mining companies with open arms.
Iran-Contra Remembered
It’s been 25 years since the “Iran-Contra” affair hit the headlines. Reagan Administration officials were charged with lying to Congress about backdoor efforts to sell arms to Iran.
A New Somoza in Nicaragua
Alvaro Somoza fled Nicaragua just before the Sandinista Revolution toppled his family’s long-ruling regime. He returned some years later, and is now considering entering politics.
Nicaragua’s Controversial Candidate Daniel Ortega
Nicaragua holds a presidential election this Sunday. The front-runner is incumbent Daniel Ortega, despite a constitutional ban on his re-election.
Global Political Cartoons: Dominique Strauss-Kahn
The case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the now former head of the IMF. The charges against him are serious — sexually assaulting a woman who worked as a maid at the New York hotel where he was staying. The visual response by cartoonists around the globe include pigs, King Kong, Tarzan and a man with his pants down.
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Global Political Cartoons: March 12 – 18, 2011
The Land of the Rising Sun has become for some The Land of Rising Radiation Levels. The aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami has cartoonists morphing the red disc in Japan’s flag into everything from a radiation hazard symbol to a skull.
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Nicaragua in the years since the revolution
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Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Jennifer McCoy, who directs the Carter Center’s Americas Program, about life in Nicaragua after the 1979 revolution experience and the lessons that experience could offer Arab nations like Tunisia and Egypt that are trying to build a democratic future for themselves.
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Have a cigar!
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Our Geo Quiz is about cigars this time. The best cigars come from Cuba. At least that’s what cigar aficionados say. But it’s been illegal to import Cuban cigars to the US since the 1960′s. Browse your local tobacco shop, and you’ll spot cigars from a lot of other countries. We want you to name two of the most popular with cigar lovers. Download MP3Nicaragua and Costa Rica battle over border
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The World’s William Troop reports on a border dispute between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The two nations can’t quite agree over a part of their border along the San Juan River, near the Caribbean coast. And they’ve been squabbling over it for more than 100 years. Download MP3
Nicaragua’s Perrozompopo
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Thursday night at the Latin Grammys, keep your eyes peeled for a newcomer to the awards. He is Nicaraguan singer and songwriter Ramon Mejia and he’s been nominated in the best alternative album category. At the Latin Grammys, he’ll go by his stage name, Perrozompopo. The World’s Marco Werman has more. Download MP3Download the songs of Perrozompopo’s CPC album for free
Business in the Developing World, Part I
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Bank bailouts and Wall Street bonuses may enrage many in the United States, but they’re hardly top of mind for most people in places like Nicaragua, Senegal, and Peru. The majority of people in the developing world were poor when the Great Recession began, and they’re poor today. Do the ebbs and flows of the banks in London and New York impact their daily lives? Part I of this two-part podcast looks at econonics and business issues in the developing world.
Electricity for rural Nicaragua
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Correspondent Eliza Barclay reports from Nicaragua how two American brothers tried a technological fix to alleviate poverty in that Central American country, and our Science Forum invites you discuss aid projects online with environmental engineer Anu Ramaswami of the University of Colorado in Denver. Download MP3
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