BY NIKKI R. HALEY United Nations Ambassador In Venezuela, inflation is on track to hit one million percent. In Nicaragua, the government is shooting protestors in the streets. But there is overlooked good news in Latin America. Colombia, a country once plagued by violence, has just had the most peaceful and democratic election in its ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 6 August, 2018 | Topics:
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Location: Managua Rubenia Rotonda to Jean Paul Genie Rotonda Plaza de las Victorias to Jean Paul Genie Rotonda Event: There are calls for two demonstrations to take place today, July 21. The first march is expected to start at Rubenia Rotonda at 9:00 a.m. The second march is scheduled to start at 10:00 a.m. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 21 July, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Emergency Services, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Safety & Security Messages, Security & Emergency Messages
The Department of State updated its Travel Advisory for Nicaragua on July 6, 2018. It was updated to inform U.S. citizens that the U.S. government ordered the departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel. The Department continues to advise travelers to reconsider travel to Nicaragua. This replaces the previous Travel Advisory issued on June 8, 2018. ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 6 July, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Emergency Services, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Safety & Security Messages, Security & Emergency Messages
Event: Demonstration in Managua Location: Managua, between the Metro-Centro Rotonda and Jean Paul Jean Paul Genie Rotonda. A demonstration is currently scheduled to take place on July 4, 2018 beginning at 11:00 a.m. ending at 1:00p.m.U.S. Government personnel have been advised to avoid the affected areas while the demonstration is ongoing. A demonstration along the same ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 3 July, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Emergency Services, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Safety & Security Messages, Security & Emergency Messages
Location: Managua, Monumento Alexis (Plaza de Las Victorias) to Jean Paul Genie Rotonda Event: A march is currently scheduled to take place on June 30, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. The route is expected to begin at Monumento Alexis (Plaza de Las Victorias) and end at Jean Paul Genie Rotonda. U.S. Government personnel have been advised to ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 29 June, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Emergency Services, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Safety & Security Messages, Security & Emergency Messages
Location: Monumento Alexis (Plaza de Las Victorias), to Jean Paul Genie Rotonda Event: A march is currently scheduled to take place on June 23, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. The route is expected to begin at Monumento Alexis (Plaza de Las Victorias) and end at Jean Paul Genie Rotonda. U.S. Government personnel have been advised to avoid this ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 22 June, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Emergency Services, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Safety & Security Messages, Security & Emergency Messages
Location: Rotonda Jean Paul Genie Event: Demonstrations are currently scheduled at Jean Paul Genie Rotonda on June 21, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. U.S. Government personnel have been advised to avoid this area while demonstrations are ongoing. The U.S. Embassy has also received reports that Government of Nicaragua security forces are stationed along Carretera Massaya. U.S. government personnel ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 21 June, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Emergency Services, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Safety & Security Messages, Security & Emergency Messages
Location: Throughout Nicaragua Event: Civil unrest throughout Nicaragua continues to impact U.S. Embassy operations and hours. The U.S. Embassy in Managua will be closed to the public on June 14, 2018 due to anticipated transport disruptions throughout the country associated with the planned national work stoppage (Paro). The U.S. Embassy will provide limited emergency consular ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 13 June, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Safety & Security Messages, Security & Emergency Messages
Location: Throughout Nicaragua Event: Continued civil unrest throughout Nicaragua impacts U.S. Embassy operations The U.S. Embassy in Managua will announce future closures to the public on our webpage (
https://ni.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/embassy-operating-status/ ) and on our Facebook page, as well as via a Security Alert email to U.S. citizens enrolled with the Embassy. Please check the above webpage to ensure ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 5 June, 2018 | Topics:
Alert, Consular Affairs, Emergency Services, Messages for U.S. Citizens, News, Safety & Security Messages, Security & Emergency Messages
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson ________________________________ For Immediate Release STATEMENT BY HEATHER NAUERT, SPOKESPERSON February 24, 2018 Concerns for Democracy in Venezuela The United States respects the decision by Venezuelan opposition parties, most recently the Democratic Unity Roundtable, to reject President Maduro’s terms and conditions for April presidential elections. We reject ruling ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 27 February, 2018 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
The U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua informs U.S. citizens that the Embassy will close at 12:00pm on Friday, December 22 due to Government of Nicaragua closure and disruption of public transportation. For further information about contacting the Embassy or about security in Nicaragua: • See the State Department’s travel website for the Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 22 December, 2017 | Topics:
Consular Affairs, Embassy, News
The largest airplane in the U.S. Air Force’s inventory landed in Managua carrying 3 ambulances and 2 water tankers donated from American organization Wisconsin/Nicaragua Partners of the Americas, Inc. to the Nicaraguan Civil Volunteer Firemen Association. The donation is valued at $250,000
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 10 September, 2017 | Topics:
News
Deputy Chief of Mission, Chad Cummins inaugurated the “Tecnología y Educación: acceso, integración y calidad” Forum in Bluefields. The forum’s main objective is to help Caribbean youth to gain skills and knowledge as they enter the labor force. José Adan Aguerri, president of COSEP was also present. Project “Aprendo y Emprendo,” present at the Forum, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 18 August, 2017 | Topics:
News
Remarks by the Vice President at the Panama Canal REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AT THE PANAMA CANAL Cocoli Locks Panama City, Panama 2:48 P.M. UTC THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you. Thank you, Madame Vice President, for those gracious words, and for this warm welcome to Panama for me and my wonderful wife, ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 17 August, 2017 | Topics:
News, Speeches
President Donald J. Trump, President Moon Jae-in, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met in Hamburg, Germany, on July 6 to discuss the serious and escalating threat posed by the nuclear and ballistic missile programs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The three leaders condemned the DPRK’s unprecedented launch, on July 4, of a ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 7 July, 2017 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
Ambassador Dogu’s Statement to the Press during AmCham – uniRSE Event March 20, 2017 I am very pleased to be with these two distinguished organizations and presidents to highlight the importance of corporate social responsibility for sustainable development. It is natural that the AmCham and uniRSE are working together to highlight best CSR practices by ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 20 March, 2017 | Topics:
Ambassador, Business, News, Speeches
Nicaragua is not currently part of the Visa Waiver Program. Reports of new countries being added to the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP) are false. The Department of Homeland Security, which administers the VWP in consultation with the Department of State, has not announced any new VWP entrants. The full list of countries whose citizens ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 10 February, 2017 | Topics:
Immigrant Visas, News, Non Immigrant Visas, Visas
Press Release United States Department of State Press Statement John Kirby Assistant Secretary and Department Spokesperson Bureau of Public Affairs August 1, 2016 Concerns Regarding Nicaraguan Democracy and Elections Estados Unidos se encuentra profundamente preocupado por las acciones del Gobierno de Nicaragua y de la Corte Suprema de Justicia que han cerrado los espacios democráticos ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 1 August, 2016 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
Press Release THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Vice President FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2016 DR. JILL BIDEN TO TRAVEL TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA Dr. Jill Biden will travel to Nicaragua, Peru, Argentina and Panama from June 19 through June 27, 2016, where she will engage government and civil society partners on issues ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 19 May, 2016 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
A U.S. Coast Guard ship with search and rescue capabilities have already arrived at the site of the accident. Four more Department of Defense helicopters capable of over water search and rescue have been dispatched to Nicaragua.
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 25 January, 2016 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
| Tags: assistance, coast guard
20 high school students selected from Nindiri, Masachapa, and Ciudad Sandino attended the opening of the eighth edition of College Horizons Outreach Program (CHOP VIII) at UNAN-Managua. CHOP is an educational opportunity for economically disadvantaged Nicaraguan high school students of indigenous and African descent. The scholarship program is for two and a half years and ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 19 December, 2015 | Topics:
News
17 teachers from the Chichigalpa area completed the Pilot English Language Program (PELP) This program initiated with the idea to strengthen English skills for English language teachers, especially in rural areas of Nicaragua. After many months of intense training on grammar improvement, pronunciation exercises, focused learning techniques and hard work, these teachers received their completion ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 17 December, 2015 | Topics:
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Due to an unanticipated technical difficulty, the U.S. Visa Call Center number for Nicaragua, 2229-1999, is currently unavailable. We are working closely with our Call Center to get a replacement number as soon as possible. In the meantime, for assistance with non-immigrant and immigrant visas, please
visit this website , where you will find information to answer most ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 1 December, 2015 | Topics:
News
Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC October 26, 2015 The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a world-renowned research organization dedicated to the efficient and restorative use of natural resources, showcased U.S. Embassy Managua’s Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) along with five other federal projects in their most recent report for the General Services Administration ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 26 October, 2015 | Topics:
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On July 24, 2015, the Foundation for the Autonomy and Development of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua (FADCANIC), with the support of the U.S. Embassy’s Office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, will launch in Puerto Cabezas the second phase of their mass media campaign titled: “Change Now, Let’s Do It!”, “Cambia ahora, Solo ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 22 July, 2015 | Topics:
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On July 8, 2015, the Foundation for the Autonomy and Development of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua (FADCANIC), with the support of the U.S. Embassy’s Office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, will launch a second phase of the Mass Media Campaign titled: “Change Now, Let’s Do It!”, “Cambia ahora, Solo hazlo. ¡Detengamos la ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 30 June, 2015 | Topics:
News
A group of Nicaraguan Fulbright Scholarship recipients visited the Embassy June 17 for their pre-departure briefing. This talented and gifted group of students will be doing Master’s degrees in U.S. universities for 2 years. They are fantastic “ambassador” for Nicaragua and for their fields of study. They will be going to different states and we ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 18 June, 2015 | Topics:
News
With the support of the U.S. Embassy – Managua, the Institute for Strategic Studies and Public Policy (IEEPP), in partnership with the University of the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast (URACCAN), continues to strengthen local capacity for governance and community leadership in Bilwi and Siuna. Since April 27, 2015, fifty community leaders have ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 8 June, 2015 | Topics:
News
The Foundation for the Autonomy and Development of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua (FADCANIC), with the support of the U.S. Embassy’s Office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, recently began the second phase of a three-year grant project titled “Prevention of Youth Violence and Drug Abuse through Mass Media”. The project aims to create ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 11 May, 2015 | Topics:
News
Between 20 and 22 April 2015, LTC Cris Simon and the Non-Governmental Organization Waves for Water went to rural communities in Chinandega (including Los Zorros, El Manzano and Padre Ramos) to distribute water filters and teach local residents in those communities how to use them. The filters were donated through a combined effort of the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 24 April, 2015 | Topics:
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Ambassador Powers threw out the first pitch in Managua to inaugurate the US Embassy, Fabretto, Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation and 4H leadership training for youth through sports program in Nicaragua. The trainings took place in Managua, Somoto and Cusmapa. The youth enjoyed learning about Quickball, a faster version of baseball that emphasizes teamwork rather than ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 24 April, 2015 | Topics:
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A group of university students and other guests representing Nicaraguan universities and the private sector were dozens of the more than 12000 participants in NASA’s annual Space Apps Challenge. The event, sponsored by UAM and the US Embassy, and held at the Centro Cultural Nicaraguense Norteamericano highlighted the importance of science for education. The International ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 24 April, 2015 | Topics:
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Six officials from the United States government’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) are in Managua this week to train Nicaraguan government officials on how to search for and secure low-level radioactive materials. The team is here as part of the Radiological Security Program, which has partners in more than 100 countries and whose mission is ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 20 April, 2015 | Topics:
News
With the support of the U.S. Embassy – Managua, the Institute for Strategic Studies and Public Policy – IEEPP, in partnership with the Nicaraguan Development Institute (INDE) Young Entrepreneurs Program, is educating and strengthening the leadership skills of 40 at-risk youth from Puerto Cabezas’s semi-urban communities. The youth began an 8-month training program on topics ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 14 April, 2015 | Topics:
News
On March 20 fifteen U.S. higher education institutions visited Nicaragua to promote their academic programs for undergraduate and postgraduate studies, summer courses, English classes, and semester based exchange programs. The visiting commission highlighted their commitment to increasing international student enrollment and for furthering exchanges and alliances between Nicaraguan and U.S. universities. Currently there are over ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 30 March, 2015 | Topics:
News
The Embassy hosted a three day meeting to discuss anti-gang and INL programming in the region. The office of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) hosted the other members of the Regional Anti-gang Working Group from Central America and Mexico. The workshop included a visit to the Fenix Foundation, an INL partner working with ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 25 March, 2015 | Topics:
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Marta Youth, Deputy Chief of Mission, and RADM Marvin Corrales, Chief of the Nicaraguan Navy, visited the Eduardoño boat repair facility located in Managua on February 6, 2015. The facility was recently awarded a three-year contract to refurbish up to eight 38-foot Eduardoño-type boats for the Nicaraguan Navy. The NIC Navy confiscated these boats from ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 17 February, 2015 | Topics:
News
In February, the Embassy teamed up with U.S. NGO Waves for Water to donate 170 water filter systems to the Monkey Point, Rama Cay and Brown Bank communities in the Caribbean coast. Members of the Defense Attache Office and the Office of Security Cooperation flew out to Bluefields and then traveled the rest of the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 8 February, 2015 | Topics:
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With the support of the U.S. Embassy – Managua, the U.S. NGO Project Concern International (PCI) is implementing a comprehensive program addressing education, capacity building, and community development. As part of their POSsibilities program (Peace, Opportunity, Security), PCI partnered with the Nicaraguan Union for Corporate Social Responsibility (uniRSE) to train PCI’ staff and a group ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 5 February, 2015 | Topics:
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The Embassy partook with 140 college students of the Universidad Evangelica Nicaraguense Martin Luther King honoring the life and achievements of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., (1929–1968). The students learned of King’s activism and how his legacy is still alive today. The audience later engaged by signing “We Shall Overcome” before visiting the school ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 19 January, 2015 | Topics:
News
Ambassador Powers presented the Thriive Social Impact Entrepreneur of the year award. Thriive provides micro-loans to small businesses. Unlike with traditional loans, however, entrepreneurs must repay their loan through providing a social good to their community. As a result, those loans help small businesses grow and create jobs and strengthen their communities. Since Thriive began ...
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By U.S. Embassy Managua | 29 October, 2014 | Topics:
News, Press Releases
