La Isla de Ometepe or Ometepe Island is formed from two joined volcanoes that rise out of the center of Lake Nicaragua (Lake Cocibolca). One of these volcanoes, Conception Volcano, is active and the other volcano Maderas lies dormant.
Isla Ometepe has been inhabited since pre-Columbian times by the Nahuatl people and was considered a sacred place, steeped in legend and mystery. Today, its rich volcanic sands and virgin forest present ideal organic conditions for agriculture where you will find avocados, mangoes, banana and coffee plantations. About 35,000 people …

The latest humanitarian effort for Nicaragua includes a donation of new firetrucks to the country where there is a desperately short supply of firetrucks. These trucks are coming from fire departments in Prince Rupert and Skagway, Alaska. The fire trucks were sold at a reduced price and the money was collected by fund raising for Nicaragua. Fund raising for Nicaragua is done by concerned people and humanitarian groups who know of the situation of the economy of Nicaragua and do what they can to help the people …

To learn about Nicaragua, you must read the news coming out of the country.  Occasionally, I want to post news from Nicaragua on this site that I think could be of interest to my readers.  This article written by Chris Knight comes from the Calgary Herald newspaper and discusses the complexities involved in real estate development in Nicaragua which have been documented in a film. Documentary filmmaker Julian T. Pinder’s film  “Land” presents the complexities and intricacies of purchasing and owning property in Nicaragua.  It is, currently, not a …

This article on Nicaragua tourism article comes from the 24-7 Press Release.com website and I thought it would be of interest to those wishing to travel to Nicaragua.
“As part of Nicaragua‘s strategy to promote the country as a tourist destination in the exterior, the Nicaraguan Tourism Board (INTUR, for its acronym in Spanish) and the private sector participated in EXPOTUR, an international tourism fair, held since 1984 in the city of San Jose, Costa Rica.
This year, more than 250 Central American service providers participated in the fair offering their products …