Natalia Díaz, a legislator from the Libertarian Movement, held public universities to accounts for the low implementation of a credit for $ 200 million signed with the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) for the improvement of higher education. Díaz made the request after the Office of the Comptroller General revealed that as of […]
Archives for August 9, 2016
ARESEP can’t block Uber
Taxi drivers have criticized ARESEP in several occasions for not regulating the illegal transport and for not blocking Uber app. In fact, taxi drivers’ strike is just a consequence of that. Roberto Jiménez, general regulator, declared that ARESEP doesn’t have the legal authority to regulate a digital platforms. Jiménez assured that the institute tries to […]
600 migrants more, mostly from Haiti
Communications Minister, Mauricio Herrera, confirmed 600 more migrants, mostly Haitians, arrived this weekend. Some are still at the border paying their own expenses, while others were transferred to some of the closest attention centers, because Panama does not allow them to be returned. The situation at the moment is complex because more Cubans, who are […]
Nicaraguans support Ortega
Daniel Ortega-Rosario Murillo team continues paving the way to win all political power in Nicaragua and boast, through pro-government means of communication, of their popularity. Pro-government newspaper El 19 Digital published the results of a survey conducted by the M&R Consultores, where the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) is supported by 62.8% of the […]
ICE union leaves letter after being ignored by the President
ICE union leader, Fabio Cháves, said that the fact that neither the President nor any minister would talk to them after a 2 hour demonstration towards the Presidential House “was very disrespectful.” We told them we would not enter unless the President or at least the Minister of the Presidency received us. They told us […]
Rolando González denounced INDER director
Rolando González, Partido de Liberación Nacional (PLN) member, denounced the CEO of the Institute for Rural Development (INDER), Ricardo Rodríguez to the Office of Public Ethics due to the appointment of head of Human Resources of the institution Gustavo Briceño. González argued that Rodríguez violated Article 192 of the Constitution, according to which “public officials […]