To whom it may concern:

Your prompt, honest answers are appreciated to the short survey linked below. The survey is in response to recent published concerns about problems with importing NGO humanitarian aid and personal goods (for Nicaraguan legal residents). Your answers will be _anonymous_ except with expressed permission.

The hope is that the cumulative results will enable informed and positive discussions with interested Nicaraguan authorities.

Thanks so much for your help. Feel free to distribute where appropriate!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5G9Z7N9

During the 1980s, Nicaragua wasn't the only country in Central America being manipulated by the Reagan administration. One other was Guatemala. A few weeks ago Efrain Rios Montt, former president/dictator finally went on trial for genocide conducted by his administration in the early 1980s. Yesterday, however, the trial was stopped because of what amounts to a prodecural error. The case must go back to the pre-trial phase. (Note that the lawyers representing Rios Montt are the ones who represente John McAfee.)

There have been a few articles here about Nicaragua being granted a big chunk of the Caribbean that was claimed by Colombia. There are certainly continuing issues such as patrolling this area still of concern on the Nicaraguan end.

An article in Colombia Reports talks about the Colombia end. It's not clear what is going to come up in the investigation but it is happening.

Some of my friends have contracts with Claro and all seem to pay much more than I do for Claro's services. Considering the quality of thier service I wanted to show just how cheap it can be to use Claro without the hassles of a contract.

I use Claro's prepaid internet, and cell service. I have a contract for their cable but only because pre-paid is not offered (the cable has been out since about 2 pm this afternoon by the way).

the question please ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&v=rCVJzgEpSkI&NR=1

He's in a better place . . .a better place for both him and the people of Venezuela .. :)

There are three parts, but the above is the best . . .

Immigration granted yesterday (April 16th) the permanent residency to a former agent of the Home Land Security of USA (Retiree). The process took one year and officially there wasn't any problem, I was informed off the record that the reason for the delay was because he was an ex law enforcement agent. The gist is at the end of waiting time he was approved. As for now, we must know in this kind of cases we have to wait more

Best Regards,

Paul Tiffer Attorney at law ptiffer@cablenet.com.ni

Not sure if this belongs in Agriculture or Health. Monsanto didn't pay for this study and it tells us that GMOs are not a good thing. This time with some numbers.

As GMO corn is the norm and corn is such a large part of the Nicaraguan diet, the nutrition information is pretty important. From the article

Considering currents they might land on Nicaragua's west coast in a month or two.

With apologies to the poor South Koreans, for whom this whole business is far from a joke.

(There's supposed to be a small jpeg attached, but I've never had much luck attaching pics).

but by a razor thin margin,, much closer than I (and I suspect most others) were expecting. I thought that there would be a small handful of points difference.

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/15/17753410-venezuela-divided...

: "". . ..However, the New York Times reported that Maduro’s victory could see repairs made to the fractured relationship between Venezuela and the United States.

Sitting this morning on a patio on a friend's property in the country just outside of Matagalpa, reading a book and enjoying the birds and the green beauty of the garden when a sudden movement some 15 meters away caught my eye. It was a long snake, maybe 5 feet, 2 inches wide, moving rapidly across a bricked path into the greenery. Kept an eye on it, as did my friend, and it began coming towards us, again very rapidly. I ran to grab my little dog's leash and a long stick from inside the house, when I returned it seemed to have retreated.

I'll head to Gobernacion on Monday if nobody knows, but I was wondering what the process is for registering a change of address with Migracion for cedula holders.

I did a search and didn't see anything that looked like an answer other than someone waiting until renewal to make the change (two and a half more years for me).