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• Exploring Valle de Pantasma

  Within the Jinotega district of Nicaragua is a town and valley that has been almost forgotten, as the atrocities that took place here 1983 and 1986 are remembered by few. Named the Massacre of ...

• National Contest of Cinema, Video and Television

  The film and image foundation FUNICE is an organization in Nicaragua that is dedicated to promoting local films and photography and developing the industry within the country. It is a ...

• History: The Occupation of Nicaragua

  During a period of conflict between the United States and several Central American countries that came to be known as the Banana Wars, the US invaded and occupied Nicaragua in 1912 – although a ...

• Talented Poet Yolanda Blanco

  The majority of the most famous and respected poets from Nicaragua in the years leading up to 1970 were all men. But the literary world began to change as an elite group of women poets came on ...

• Teustepe: Valley of the Gods

  Located in the Boaco Department, Nicaragua, is the quaint city of Teustepe, which is blanketed in historical buildings, a laid back atmosphere, and the subtle signs of modernization slowly ...

• Nicaraguan Actress Barbara Carrera

  The wonderfully talented and beautiful Barbara Carrera has an air of mystery to her, and is able to captivate audiences, young and old. The main mystery surrounding this talented actress is ...

• Islets of Granada

  Across the Asese peninsula lies a group of islets that were formed during an eruption of the Mombacho volcano approximately twenty thousand years ago. It created an archipelago of three ...

• Sea Turtles of Nicaragua

  Nicaragua is fortunate to have a variety of sea turtles in the waters bordering the country. Even though they are a popular attraction for visitors, conservationists are trying to use the ...

• José Coronel Urtheco Cultural Center

  Thousands referred to him as "the most influential Nicaraguan thinker of the twentieth century". He was a playwright, historian, translator, poet, diplomat and Sandinista National Liberation ...

• Punta Music of the Garifuna

  The Garifuna people are a diverse mixture of cultures that descend from Arawak, West Africa and Carib, and generally reside in Central America. Communities of Garifuna are located in ...