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Minimum Wage Review 2022 – Unions want Double Figure Increase

With the New Year less than a week old, at least one side in the Tri-Party Wage Commission is already looking forward to starting...

Chinese Embassy in Nicaragua – after a 31 Year Absence

Once again there is a Chinese Embassy in Nicaragua as both countries waste no time in getting down to business following the Nicaraguan government’s...

Nicaraguan Customs Seize Binoculars for “Security Reasons”

Visitors report having their binoculars seized by Nicaraguan Customs (Aduanas). Travelling to Nicaragua with your Binoculars to watch some of the hundreds of different types...

Covid-19 Vaccination Effort to include Border Posts and Airports

The Government of Nicaragua aims to improve on the 78% Covid-19 vaccination rate for the population over 2 years old. The Ministry of Health (MINSA)...

Omicron Variant threat to Nicaragua – Gov. Alerts Population  

With the first cases of the Omicron Covid-19 Variant now being confirmed in Costa Rica and Panama, as well as a suspected case in...

Zona Franca Employees – 8.25% Wage Increase Jan. 1st, 2022     

Almost 130,000 Zona Franca (Tax Free Trade Zones) employees will receive an 8.25% raise starting on January 1st, 2022. It’s the last year of the...

Nicaraguan Remittances almost US$ 2 billion so far in 2021

This article highlights my interest in this subject and hence our regular look at Nicaraguan remittances, the money sent back home by Nicaraguans living...

New US Flights to Panama, Honduras and Mexico

As the tourism sector in Nicaragua lives in hope of more US flights to the Managua International Airport, some of those absent airlines (as...

Nicaraguan made Vaccine CoviVac – “Available Next Month”

The Russian Ambassador to Nicaragua, Alexandr Jojólikov has confirmed that the Nicaraguan made Vaccine CoviVac will begin coming off the production line in Managua...

Last Nicaraguan Disaster Simulation (Simulacro) of 2021

The Nicaraguan Disaster Simulation (officially a “National Exercise for the Protection of Life in Multi-Threat Situations”) is better known locally as a “Simulacro”. IV National...