Managua - Saturday 22nd July 2023, the Government of Nicaragua has announced that as of this date, the requirement to present a Covid 19 Vaccination Card or PCR Test Certificate has been lifted and therefore all COVID 19 Entry...
Mother’s Day in Nicaragua is celebrated on May 30th and is known as “Día de las Madres”. It is the culmination of the “Month of the Mothers” (El mes de las madres).
This year is only the second time that...
May Day in Nicaragua is celebrated with a statutory holiday for “Día Internacional de los Trabajadores” (International Workers Day).
On Monday May 1st, Nicaragua will join over 80 other countries in support of their labor movements and to celebrate the...
INETER, the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies has published a 48 page report on how they see the first three months of this year’s rainy season 2023 panning out. (Maps and charts start on P.32)
Forecast Headlines
Rain Accumulation in...
What is Yellow Fever?
The yellow fever virus occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of Africa and South America and is spread by the bite from an infected mosquito.
Symptoms vary from a fever with aches and pains up to severe...
This year, 2023, the Easter Week dates are from Palm Sunday on April 2nd to Easter Sunday on April 9th.
Statutory Holidays
The two official statutory holidays are known as “feriados” and are Easter Thursday (“Jueves Santo”, also known as the...
The February 2023 "Remittances from Abroad" numbers are in from the Central Bank of Nicaragua (Banco Central de Nicaragua - BCN) and they show an incredible 63.5 percent increase when compared with the month of February 2022 which was...
The Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) has announced an update of the National Tourism Map and introduced 12 new “Tourist Routes” as a method of promoting various zones to national and international visitors.
Anasha Campbell (INTUR Co-Director) announced that the National...
Alba Luz Torres (Minister of Labor) has announced that a consensus was reached today in the triparty minimum wage negotiations and as a result has approved a 10% increase in the minimum wage as of the 1st of March...
The third round of minimum wage talks were held last week. To date, no less than five different proposals are on the table and being discussed by the various members of the Minimum Wage Commission.
There is no consensus yet...
