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2018 In Nicaragua
The following lists events in the year 2018 in Nicaragua. Incumbents * President: Daniel Ortega * Vice President: Rosario Murillo Events April * 18 April - Unrest erupts in Nicaragua by mostly students after social security reforms. * 20 April - The death toll for protests that began two days ago reaches 10 by government figures. * 21 April - A local journalist, Miguel Angel Gahona, was shot dead in the city of Bluefields, allegedly by a police sniper. * 23 April - As the death toll reaches 24, President Ortega cancels his reforms. * 27 April - The Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights puts the death toll during the recent protests to 38. May * May 24 - On May 24, 2018, Marco Novoa was one of several people that were kidnapped and tortured for eight days in the city of Managua,Nicaragua. Novoa, a 26 year old American citizen born in Macon, Georgia was studying at the American University (Nicaragua) located in Managua. During this time, Novoa was known to be an "Active Partici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the country's capital and largest city. , it was estimated to be the second largest city in Central America. Nicaragua's multiethnic population of six million includes people of mestizo, indigenous, European and African heritage. The main language is Spanish. Indigenous tribes on the Mosquito Coast speak their own languages and English. Originally inhabited by various indigenous cultures since ancient times, the region was conquered by the Spanish Empire in the 16th century. Nicaragua gained independence from Spain in 1821. The Mosquito Coast followed a different historical path, being colonized by the English in the 17th century and later coming under British rule. It became an autonomous territory of Nicaragua in 1860 and its northernmost part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States. The publication has won more than 40 Pulitzer Prizes. It is owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by the Times Mirror Company. The newspaper’s coverage emphasizes California and especially Southern California stories. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to labor unions, the latter of which led to the bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. In recent decades the paper's readership has declined, and it has been beset by a series of ownership changes, staff reductions, and other controversies. In January 2018, the paper's staff voted to unionize and final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 In Nicaragua
The following lists events in the year 2018 in Nicaragua. Incumbents * President: Daniel Ortega * Vice President: Rosario Murillo Events April * 18 April - Unrest erupts in Nicaragua by mostly students after social security reforms. * 20 April - The death toll for protests that began two days ago reaches 10 by government figures. * 21 April - A local journalist, Miguel Angel Gahona, was shot dead in the city of Bluefields, allegedly by a police sniper. * 23 April - As the death toll reaches 24, President Ortega cancels his reforms. * 27 April - The Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights puts the death toll during the recent protests to 38. May * May 24 - On May 24, 2018, Marco Novoa was one of several people that were kidnapped and tortured for eight days in the city of Managua,Nicaragua. Novoa, a 26 year old American citizen born in Macon, Georgia was studying at the American University (Nicaragua) located in Managua. During this time, Novoa was known to be an "Active Partici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Years In Nicaragua
This is a list of years in Nicaragua. See also the history of Nicaragua and timeline of Managua. For only articles about years in Nicaragua that have been written, see :Years in Nicaragua. Twenty-first century Twentieth century Nineteenth century See also * List of years This page indexes the individual years pages. 3rd millennium 21st century : : : : : : : : : : 2nd millennium 20th century : : : : : : : : : : 19th century : : : : : : : : : : 18th century : : : : : : : : : : 17th century : : : : : : : : : : ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Years in Nicaragua, List of Nicaragua history-related lists History of Nicaragua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Obando Bravo
Miguel Obando y Bravo, SDB (2 February 1926 – 3 June 2018) was a Nicaraguan prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the Archbishop of Managua from 1970 to 2005. Pope John Paul II created him a cardinal in 1985. Life Obando was born in La Libertad in the department of Chontales. He was appointed Titular Bishop of Puzia di Bizacena and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Matagalpa on 18 January 1968. He was consecrated on 31 March 1968 by Marco Antonio García y Suárez, Bishop of Granada, assisted by Clemente Carranza y López, Bishop of Estelí, and Julián Luis Barni Spotti, O.F.M., Prelate of Juigalpa. His episcopal motto was ''Omnibus omnia factus''. He was promoted to the metropolitan see of Managua on 16 February 1970 by Pope Paul VI. He was elected as president of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, 1971–1974; and 1979–1983. He was also elected as president of the Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panamá serving from 1976 to 1980. Obando was created Cardi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claribel Alegría
Clara Isabel Alegría Vides (May 12, 1924 – January 25, 2018), also known by her pseudonym Claribel Alegría, was a Nicaraguan-Salvadoran poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary Central America. She was awarded the 2006 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. Biography Alegría was born in Estelí, Nicaragua, to a Nicaraguan father, Daniel Alegría, and a Salvadoran mother, Ana María Vides. Her cousin was activist Leonel Gómez Vides. When Claribel was nine months old, her father was sent into exile for protesting human rights violations occurring during the United States occupation of Nicaragua; as a result, Claribel grew up in Santa Ana, a city in western El Salvador, where her mother came from. Claribel Alegría considered herself to be Nicaraguan-Salvadorean. Although she was too young to read or write, she began composing poetry at the age of six and dictated them to her mother, who would write them down. Aleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Rocha López
Julio Rocha López (; 12 October 1950 – 13 January 2018) was a Nicaraguan football administrator, FIFA development officer, Central American Football Union (UNCAF) president, and Nicaraguan Football Federation (FENIFUT) president. Rocha López was arrested in May 2015 in Switzerland to face corruption charges in the United States. Rocha López was banned by the FIFA Ethics Committee. In December 2016, he pleaded guilty in federal court in Brooklyn Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ..., US, to charges of racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy. Rocha López died from a terminal illness in the US, on 13 January 2018. References 1950 births 2018 deaths FIFA officials Nicaraguan footballers People from Carazo Department Association footballe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claribel Alegria
Claribel, Clarabelle, Clarabell or Clarabel may refer to: People *Claribel (1864-1929), one of the Cone sisters, socialites and noted art collectors *Claribel Kendall (1889-1965), American mathematician *Clarabelle C. B. Lansing, flight attendant and sole fatality in the Aloha Airlines Flight 243 accident * Claribel Medina (born 1961), Puerto Rican actress * Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830-1869), English poet and composer of ballads and hymns under the pseudonym Claribel * Claribel Alegría (1924–2018), pseudonym of Nicaraguan poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist Clara Isabel Alegría Vides (born 1924) Fictional characters * Clarabelle Cow, a cartoon character created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks * Clarabell the Clown, the human partner of Howdy Doody * Clarabel, from The Railway Series of children's books by the Rev. W. Awdry and the related ''Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends'' television series *Claribel, mentioned but not seen in Shakespeare's '' The Tempest'' * Clarabe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service maintains 50 foreign news bureaus with more than 250 correspondents around the world. Deborah Turness has been the CEO of news and current affairs since September 2022. In 2019, it was reported in an Ofcom report that the BBC spent £136m on news during the period April 2018 to March 2019. BBC News' domestic, global and online news divisions are housed within the largest live newsroom in Europe, in Broadcasting House in central London. Parliamentary coverage is produced and broadcast from studios in London. Through BBC English Regions, the BBC also has regional centres across England and national news c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matagalpa Department
Matagalpa () is a department in central Nicaragua. It covers an area of 6,804 km2 and has a population of 600,057 (2021 est). The capital is the city of Matagalpa with a population of about 111,000. Matagalpa is the second largest region of the country in population size, and the fifth in area (after the North Atlantic, the South Atlantic, Jinotega and Río San Juan). Matagalpa is the most diversified region producing coffee, cattle, milk products, vegetables, wood, gold, flowers. Its extensive forests, rivers and geography are suited for ecotourism. Municipalities # Ciudad Darío # Esquipulas # Matagalpa # Matiguas # Muy Muy Muy Muy is a municipality in the Matagalpa department of Nicaragua. The municipality of Muy Muy was named by the Matagalpa people, who were the indigenous group native to the area. In their native language "''muimui''" translates to "the best" ( ... # Rancho Grande # Río Blanco # San Dionisio # San Isidro # San Ramón # Sébaco # Terr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinotepe
Jinotepe () is a city and municipality in the Carazo department of Nicaragua. It borders with Managua, Masaya, Granada, and Rivas. Toponymy Jinotepe comes from the náhuatl "xilotl" (“tender corn”), "tepetl" (“hill”) y "-k" (“place”). Jinotepe means "the place of the tender corn". Geography Climate Jinotepe, like much of Western Nicaragua except for the Sierras, has a tropical climate with constant temperatures averaging between . Under Köppen’s climate classification, the city has a tropical wet and dry climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p .... A distinct dry season exists between November and April, while most of the rainfall is received between May and October. Temperatures are highest in March and April, when the sun lies directly overhead and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diriamba
Diriamba is a city and a municipality in the Carazo department of Nicaragua, with a population of 64,757 (2020 estimate). It is located 41 km south of Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. Geography The city's elevation (just above 500 meters above sea level), and the geography of the cordillera upon which it sits, lend it a constantly mild weather (though notoriously windy January through March). Climate Managua, like much of Western Nicaragua except for the Sierras, has a tropical climate with constant temperatures averaging between . Under Köppen's climate classification, the city has a tropical wet and dry climate. A distinct dry season exists between November and April, while most of the rainfall is received between May and October. Temperatures are highest in March and April, when the sun lies directly overhead and the summer rainfall has yet to begin. Description Diriamba is the largest city in Carazo. The Basilica of Saint Sebastian, which stores several antique ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
