Nicaragua Network

1. UNESCO asks for protection of indigenous in Bosawas Reserve; government announces prosecutions
2. Churchmen, with one exception, lambast Law 779
3. Government presents outline of plan to confront coffee leaf rust
4. Hydroelectric projects moveforward
5. Nicaragua pays for Venezuela oil with food
6. Ortega meets with Palestinian Foreign Minister
7. Nicaraguan students to receive NASA training
8. School lunch supplies distributed
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Climate Change, Water, and Sustainability

June 10 - 21, 2013

$950 (including all meals, lodging, and in-country travel)

At the crossroads between North and South America, Nicaragua is astonishingly bio-diverse and is a regional leader in terms of energy from renewable resources. It is also on the frontline of climate change, suffering increasingly from desertification, flooding and crop devastation. And, this little country is also profoundly engaged in two projects that could re-shape the world.

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1. Central American presidents meet with Obama in San Jose
2. Petrocaribe presidents meet in Caracas
3. Changes possible in Law against Violence toward Women
4. Commission meets to consider Bosawas invasions
5. National Assembly approves agreement to boost cacao production
6. Foreign debt rises
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1. Indigenous Mayangna killed in Bosawas confrontation with colonizers
2. Two polls show strong support for government
3. United States has benefited most from DR-CAFTA
4. International Coffee Organization to help fight leaf rust in Central America
5. World Bank donates US$16.7 million for preschool education
6. Student desk deficit addressed
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1. Fire consumes unique dry tropical forest in Masaya Volcano National Park
2. Ortega attends inauguration of Maduro in Caracas
3. US State Department releases annual human rights report
4. Nicaragua among major exporters of garments to US
5. Nicaragua is world’s fifth largest organic coffee producer
6. Ben Linder project continues on 25^th anniversary of his killing
7. Nicaragua ratifies ALBA trade rules treaty
8. UNESCO accepts petition to consider Rama language as intangible cultural heritage
9. CSE cancels legal recognition of three small political parties
10. TELCOR decree reversed
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1. Nicaragua reacts to Venezuelan elections
2. Nicaragua L.A.’s first country to achieve UN Millennium Objective on hunger
3. Nicaragua moves toward 100% renewable energy production
4. FUNIDES report details favorable economic situation
5. Electricity rates rise for some
6. 5,000 youth begin national child nutrition census
7. Health Ministry to vaccinate over one million Nicaraguans
8. TELCOR decree causes a firestorm
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1. Central American presidents to welcome Obama at SICA summit
2. Waiver “very probable” according to Ambassador Powers
3. US extends Temporary Protective Status to Nicaraguans in United States
4. Sandinista government continues programs expanding peasant agriculture
5. Rainforest preservation receives increased attention
6. Indigenous Parliament of America meets in Managua
7. More facts emerge about Solka case
8. Causes of dolphin deaths determined
9. Motorcycle law to be enforced
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1. Nicaraguans commemorate Holy Week and Easter
2. World Bank funds next phase of property titling
3. Law against Violence toward Women challenged and defended
4. Brownfield says “Welcome” to Russians, but…
5. Federal court in Florida rules against government of Nicaragua
6. Smithsonian to exhibit Central American ceramics
7. Dead fish and dolphins appear on beaches
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Compas de Nicaragua is organizing another Dance Tour this fall.

The dates are September 8 through November 2nd, 2013.

The tour will bring five young women from "Women in Action" to the U.S. to perform traditional dances while educating audiences about Nicaragua’s culture and current living conditions.

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1. Economy grew 5.2% in 2012
2. Judicial branch accused of releasing drug traffickers early
3. Access to quality public education increases
4. Russia to build Central American anti-drug training center in Managua
5. Iceland helped develop capacity for geothermal energy production
6. New maternity waiting homesto be built

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