Canadian artist Susan Norman would not be the first artist to venture into the infamous garbage dump La Chureca in Managua. Like artists before her she strives to find meaning, understanding, and perhaps even beauty amoung the human suffering and desperation.
Sample artwork, “Last Word” by Susan Norman.
Her artwork, done in textiles, photos, and layered imprints [...]

What if you grew up without a name? Your parents called you whatever they wanted. Your family name fading from memory. What if your government had no record of your existence? How would you gain access to critical government services like health care or even vote in an election? On the flip side, how would [...]

This article on CNN.com reports on a phenomenon that I’ve heard about before, but never read or seen a real account of it until now. Due to bad social and economic conditions, families are “forced” to send children to orphanages because the family can not provide the basic necessities of life.
This is a very difficult [...]

Could it be a coincidence that on the week when the Masaya volcano erupts, we learn that Nicaragua is seeking suitors for a potential geothermal electricity generation site at the San Cristobal volcano.
The San Cristobal volcano is one of Nicaragua’s most active volcanoes and often expels steam. This also means that San Cristobal, though active, [...]

Two days ago, the famous volcano at Masaya in Nicaragua erupted in the afternoon spewing gas and ash into the air. Fortunately it appears that the eruption did not harm anyone, and it didn’t even appear on the radar of the international press. No news is good new, right?
Masaya is a major town halfway between [...]

Canadian energy company, Polaris Geothermal, has won a significant contract with the Nicaraguan government to increase its output of a geothermal project near Managua from 10 Megawatts to 34 Megawatts.
This increase in output will help produce 600 jobs in Nicaragua in addition to provide much needed inexpensive electricity for the people. Nicaragua imports majority of [...]

On May 29 (yesterday), hurricane Alma battered the west coast of Nicaragua causing flooding in the streets of the capital Managua.
At least one man was killed when a powerline snapped and electrocuted him. I can not find any other reports of casualties from public media sources right now.
Apparently the storm grew very quickly and caught [...]

I came across this encouraging and hopeful article.
I admit, I do not know Fernando Botero’s work, but he is a world-famous artist who has been quietly been donating his work and money to Colombia, Venezuela and the United States. Amoung Mr. Botero’s philanthropic work was using his money to help build a retirement home [...]

In an interesting and symbolic article on Tico Times shows that a majority of Nicaraguans would leave their home country in favour of the USA, Costa Rica, and Spain.
66.3% of respondents stated they would leave, and 88% of those respondents expressed the economy as the reason for emigrating.
In 2006, a similar survey discovered that [...]

In this Financial Times article, the UN is expected to make public a report stating that inflated food prices will persist for the next 10 years thanks to higher demand of commodities especially in emerging economies like China.
It seems that the new reality is that higher food prices will be the norm. Alexander Müller, of [...]