Nicaragua's English Language Newspaper

NicaNews #20 February 1999

The Birdman of Masaya Manfred Müller breeds tropical birds, but that's not all. His facility, Vista Hermosa, has a restaurant, lodgings, swimming pools, and a phenomenal view.
The Masaya Market: Not Your Ordinary Mall The recently-renovated crafts market in Masaya offers visitors an extraordinary variety of Nicaraguan handicrafts, all within a structure with a history marked by fire and insurrection.
The Assault on Coyotepe U.S. Marines took the hill just outside of Masaya in 1912 during a campaign in a battle to establish Conservative rule over rebellious Liberals. Accounts of the real history of the fortress on the hilltop are as many as they are varied.

DIRIAMBA UNMASKS: Colorful tradition is kept alive by a young boy from the Meseta to the south of Managua at the Meeting of the Saints at the crossroads in Diriamba. The statues of the patron saints of the surrounding towns are brought together once a year amidst dancing and the singing of songs by local residents, punctuated by formidable barrages of fireworks. Many of the masquerade dances date from the early 17th century and were designed to ridicule the Spanish colonizers. Photo: Tomas Stargardter

Louisiana Man Aids Miskitos: Suffering the Bends, Wiped Out by Mitch
It was only three days since his return from the Miskito Coast, a strip of rainforested land running through Honduras and Nicaragua, and Bob Izpedski was tired. [More...]

Rubén Darío: Nicaragua's Bohemian Poet
The most famous of Nicaragua's sons, Rubén Darío remains relatively obscure in the English-speaking world. Renowned as the Spanish language's greatest poet and as a father of modernist verse and prose, Darío also held a reputation as a great drinker, romancer, and one of the most traveled Nicaraguans of his day. [More...]

The Footprints of Acahualinca: Tracks in the Sands of Time
Pre-history is that hazy time long ago when humans lived and, by chance, left something as a reminder of their passing. Archaeologists avidly scrape at the ground to find things such as bones, both those of pre-historic peoples and the animals they ate. [More...]

Chele Palmado: Chele Offers His Services to U.S. President Clinton
Unless William Clinton is impeached, or worse, he'll be
coming to Nicaragua sometime in March as part of his Central America whistle-stop tour. Ostensibly, the U.S. President is coming to get a first-hand look at the needs of the region [More...]

Chele Palmado's Best Bad Investments
I have been informed by unconfirmed sources that an upcoming issue of NicaNews will contain ample information about investment opportunities in Nicaragua. Not wanting to be the last one on the bus, this issue I present a list --not comprehensive to be sure-- of bad investment ideas that I've run across in Nicaragua. If you have more ideas to add to the list, feel free to send them in [More...]

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