Yearly Archives: 2015

TODAY NICARAGUA - The fastest growing sectors were transport and communications, with 7.4%; personal and business services with 5.9%; trade, hotels and restaurants, 5.5%; Manufacturing 5%, and agriculture, 4.4%. From a statement issued by the Central Bank of Nicaragua: The Central Bank of Nicaragua (BCN) wishes to make public knowledge that...

QCOSTARICA - Employers say the 18% decline in exports in February 2015 compared to the same month in 2014 is not due to temporary factors, but to a continued loss of competitiveness. Excessive bureaucracy and the high cost of energy and other factors related to production are part of the...

QCOSTARICA - Cemeteries in the Central Valley are entering a crisis, exemplified by La Nacion reporting the municipal cemetery in San Sebastian has had a sign for some years: "No Crypts for Rent (No hay nichos para alquiler, in Spanish)." And since rainfall in the country, much like New Orleans...