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Survivor Nicaragua

Over the past couple of weeks there has been a flurry of press releases and short clips confirming what we have been hearing for some time – Survivor is coming to Nicaragua for not one but the next two seasons!

The Spanish version of Survivor (Supervivientes) is planning season 11 in the Pearl Keys [...]

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Eco Tourism in a Recession

When talking with people of investing or traveling to Nicaragua, one of the most common questions is what is there to do their.  Obviously surfing in Nicaragua is Huge, but there is a developing eco-tourism industry in Nicaragua that is often overshadowed by its much more mature neighbor - Costa Rica.  Many Journalists are now [...]

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Buy Low Sell High

Most of us have heard the story of the lemmings. Wikipedia describes their behavior as such:
“On occasion, and particularly in the case of the Norway lemmings in Scandinavia, large migrating groups will reach a cliff overlooking the ocean. They will stop until the urge to press on causes them to jump off the cliff [...]

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Another sign that Nicaragua is growing up - a new magazine called Hecho started this spring focused on Nicaragua’s art and culture scene.  Here is the post I found on the the magazine from Americas Quarterly.  It was started by two US born graphics designers living in Nicaragua.   At a time when magazines are [...]

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Got an email  from  our partners down in Nicaragua.  This information is from the Nica Times - Feb 27, 2009.  I tried finding an online version of this article but it appears that it might have been only in the  paper version. I also believe this is a direct quote from the article.

The board of [...]

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As we have said a number of times on this blog - the level of media coverage in an area will bring with it increased traffic making for great investments.  If you get in before a location goes mainstream, your investment margins will be much higher.  Nicaragua is already starting to be known on [...]

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Surfing Nicaragua

Here is a trailer for what looks to be a great Nicaraguan Surf Movie called CENTRO by ThirdBorn Entertainment.  If that peaked your interest then think about contacting an operation such as Surf Tours Nicaragua, or just head down there and catch some great waves on your own.  There is good surf all along [...]

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Nicaragua Reducing Oil Independance

Nicaragua is about to make another great stride to reduce it´s independence on imported oil to supply it´s electrical energy needs. The State-run Brazilian electric company Eletrobras and a private firm from that country will invest $350 million in the construction of a hydroelectric dam in the basin of the Rio Grande de Matagalpa in [...]

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(Photo: Bill Wooten)
Despite a world financial crisis and a year of political turmoil here, Nicaragua’s small yet feisty tourism sector proved its resilience in 2008 by growing 7.2 percent, according to numbers released this week by the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR).
This from an article this past week in the Nica Times. INTUR is calling this [...]

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Recently we had one of our readers contact us.  He is considering Nicaragua as an investment location but had some concerns about Daniel Ortega and all the recent media surrounding him.  We really appreciated the message and thought we would share our response back with everyone.  We share the concern that some [...]

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