The Nicaraguan dictator and military leader Anastasio Somoza (1896-1956) used his position as commander of the national guard to overthrow the government in 1936, and he assumed the presidency in 1937. He ruled Nicaragua as a personal fief and was a...

Nicaraguan business consultant Francisco Lainez believes that the economic policies proposed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund for Nicaragua may lead to more poverty and economic problems. Policies dictated by these institutions are intended to convert borrowing countries into consumption economies....

Nicaragua Who, me? SOMOZA FALLING. By Anthony Lake IN THE memoirs of Mr Jimmy Carter, of his former national security adviser, Mr Zbigniew Brzezinski, and of his CIA chief, Admiral Stansfield Turner, the Sandinist takeover in Nicaragua gets only...

A former ally of President Daniel Ortega said Friday that he was willing to look at forming a legislative alliance with the new leader, a move that would give the new government the majority it needs to pass laws.In comments to reporters, former President Arnoldo...

The United States welcomed on Wednesday a suggestion by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega that he was open to a deal to rid his country of most of its shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, relics of the Cold War.State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said he had seen...