Nicaragua

Prices rose by 0.34% m-o-m in June 2006, compared with 0.72% m-o-m in June 2005. That brings year-on-year inflation to 9.5% at the end of June, against 9.9% y-o-y in May 2006. The... 2006-08-11

Herty Lewites, the former mayor of Managua, who had broken away from the Sandinista party to present himself as candidate for the presidency, has died from an unexpected heart attack.... 2006-07-17

Family remittances are set to rise to US$700mn by the end of the year, according to research commissioned by the central bank. In the period from January to April 2006, remittances... 2006-07-14

The latest polls puts the conservative Eduardo Montealegre in the lead in the race for the presidency, but his nearest rival, ex-president Daniel Ortega, appears to be closing the... 2006-06-16

BMI View: The consumer price index, CPI, rose by 1.4% m-o-m during April, against a 1.7% monthly rise in April 2005. Year-on-year inflation reached 9.8% at the end of the fourth month,... 2006-06-14

Five candidates have now officially lined up for the all-important presidential contest in November, which promises to be the closest the country has ever seen. The latest opinion... 2006-06-14

Nicaragua secured a key investment project from a major US company, largely thanks to it having signed up to the trade pact, DR-CAFTA ahead of its Central American neighbour, Guatemala.... 2006-05-17

Inflation reached 10.5% y-o-y in February, after registering 10.3% in the first month of this year. In February 2005 inflation was 8.18% y-o-y. Prices rose for food products, notably... 2006-04-20

There is everything to play for in the November elections, as a new survey reveals the Sandinista Daniel Ortega is closing the gap on the front-runner, Eduardo Montealegre. The poll,... 2006-04-20

No sooner had the announcement been made that Nicaragua had fulfilled the requirements for DR-CAFTA than the first shipment of beans and vegetables was sent off to the US to benefit... 2006-04-11