Nicaragua was anything but uninteresting this year. Even in difficult moments, this place never lost its brilliant sense of humor and irony – intangible elements that help make Nicaragua such a wonderful and unique place, where hope springs eternal. Below is a sampling of reporter’s notebook highlights gathered from throughout the year, quotes from newsmakers that help to explain a country that sometimes seems beyond all description.
Montealegre, as he got off the bus in Managua.
stole 17 rare and endangered birds.
president and mayor of Managua.
–Pray for us, Virgin Marty.
loonier than the news he’s lampooning.
–President Daniel Ortega in a speech May 15.
Ortega’s first year in office.
when asked about his relationship to the FSLN.
–This photo, with a caption stating that U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has a son who works in Managua’s On the Run Metrocentro, was circulated among email groups in December. The photo, however, was apparently taken in the Dominican Republic.