1. Central America reels under deluges; Nicaraguan deaths total 42
2. Avendaño: Nicaraguan economy continues to grow
3. Ortega says U.S. should give Nicaragua more to fight drug trafficking
4. CPDH abandons efforts to organize opposition primary election
5. Zero Hunger Program shows success in Rivas and Chontales
6. Forty-two RAAN communities to get solar power facilities
7. Affordable housing leads recovery of housing sector
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1. Eighty-four thousand affected by rains, 27 deaths
2. FIDEG confirms reduction of extreme poverty in Nicaragua between 2005 and 2009
3. Central American political parties ask for regional court to evaluate US-Costa Rica agreement
4. Nicaragua and Ecuador begin cooperative trade talks
5. Ometepe Island celebrates its designation as a UN biosphere reserve
6. Chemical release from factory sickens children in Tipitapa
7. Conspiracy by Dole revealed in report to National Assembly
8. Costa Rica expels Nicaraguans protesting gold mine
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1. Supreme Court holds session with alternate justices and begins reviewing cases
2. Political alliances register for opposition primary in March 2011
3. Feinberg says US has no preference for president in 2011
4. National Police report success against organized crime
5. Two Rio San Juan disputes continue between Nicaragua and Costa Rica
6. Rains continue; death toll rises
7. Programs address child labor in coffee sector
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1. Ortega seeks better relations with the US
2. Rains continue; death toll up to four
3. “Won’t Pay” Movement wants government to buy bad loans
4. Venezuelan help has reduced poverty in Nicaragua’s rural areas
5. Tumarin provokes concern about environment and benefits for locals
6. Minimum wage rises 6%
7. Galvanized roofing will improve homes
8. Tipitapa launches 3rd “Little World Cup” soccer for at-risk youth
9. Rigoberta Menchu to attend the 30th anniversary of the literacy campaign
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1. Conflict continues in Supreme Court
2. State Department releases “terrorism” report
3. IMF and World Bank make recommendations
4. Elections 2011 news
5. Campbell begins role as ambassador to the US with a focus on Nicaraguans
6. Peasants to be displaced by dam demonstrate for more money
7. Nicaraguan tourism authorities expect more than one million tourists in 2010
8. Rains kill one and cause considerable damage
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1. Ortega visits Lula; agreements signed for hydroelectric dam at Tumarin
2. US approves this year’s property waiver
3. Hilda Solis finds “change and much hope” in Nicaragua
4. IMF mission set to arrive August 4
5. Nicaragua: Safest country in Central America
6. Heavy rains affecting harvest
7. Managua celebrates its patron saint
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1. Nicaragua rejects SICA’s decision on Honduras
2. Army says conditions do not exist for armed political groups in the interior
3. Montealegre will run in primary; Aleman accused in three pending fraud cases
4. Costa Rica asures Nicaragua “No US bases”
5. Costa Rica’s Supreme Court sends mining decision back to Executive and Legislature
6. Managua practices for “the big one”
7. Cancer victim gives birth to stillborn baby
8. Carlos Fernando Chamorro awarded the Maria Moors Cabot Prize
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1. Half a million people celebrate anniversary of the revolution in Managua
2. Los Angeles judge rules against banana workers in Nemagon case
3. New poll shows some gains for FSLN and Ortega
4. Social groups condemn US troop agreement with Costa Rica
5. Business leaders disillusioned with opposition politicians
6. President unveils new health care facilities
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1. PLC convention chooses Aleman as presidential candidate for 2011
2. Ortega and Aleman may talk about Supreme Court crisis; Ibero-American Justice Conference held in Managua
3. Verbal fireworks enliven US embassy’s 4th of July party
4. Two dead and 32 wounded in clash in Chichigalpa
5. Korean firms want to build port at Monkey Point
6. Green farms ‘cultivate’ tourism
7. Zero Usury benefits women
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1. Crisis in Supreme Court continues
2. US apologizes for detaining Nicaraguan ambassador
3. Exports exceed US$ 1 billion for first half of 2010
4. Seniors occupy Social Security offices and achieve their demands
5. Deathbed confession raises new questions about dismissal of banana workers’ case against Dole
6. Rural Nicaraguan women trade firewood and fossil fuels for solar energy
7. Nicaragua joins International Renewable Energy Agency
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