Wednesday, May 8, 2024

General Interest

General Interest

Remittances Received by Nicaragua Up 26.4% (Q1 2022 – YTD)

Remittances (Remesas) received by Nicaragua continue at record setting levels. The Central Bank of Nicaragua (BCN by acronym in Spanish) reports that during the...

Official Labor Day Holiday is Monday May 2nd 2022 – MITRAB

The official Labor Day Holiday (Día Internacional de los Trabajadores) in Nicaragua falls on Sunday, May 1st, 2022. When an official holiday falls on a...

HAGUE Decision Favors Nicaragua in Caribbean Sea Dispute

Latest HAGUE decision in ongoing maritime dispute favors Nicaragua - “Colombia Breached Nicaragua Rights” says ICJ. The latest claims by both countries in the ongoing...

Easter 2022 Statistics for Crime and Traffic

The National Police have announced the Easter 2022 statistics as part of the Summer Plan for Easter Week (Semana Santa) for the eight days...

Fuel Prices Frozen by Nicaraguan Government

On Good Friday 2022, the Government of Nicaragua announced that fuel prices were frozen for the third week, including the popular diesel fuel used...

Costa Rica Elections – Voter Apathy Prevailed

Rodrigo Chaves is the President Elect after the second ballot in the Costa Rica Elections. The Costa Rica General Elections held on Sunday the 6th...

State Workers in Nicaragua will get a 10 day Easter Vacation

State workers in Nicaragua will be on Easter Vacation from the close of business on Friday the 8th of April 2022 and will return...

Fuel Price Freeze in Nicaragua for a Second Week

Managua, March 19, 2022. The government of Nicaragua has activated a fuel price freeze. Currently, the international price of crude oil has been affecting fuel...

Bluefields Deep Water Port “Less than 5 Years Away”

Various news sources are reporting that Virgilio Silva, the President of the Nicaraguan Port Authority (known as the Empresa Portuaria Nacional or EPN) has...

General Interest Mix – March 2022 in Nicaragua

March 2022 Exchange Rate 35.6368. The Central Bank of Nicaragua (BCN) publishes the monthly Cordoba/US Dollar exchange rate on their web site. Click here to...