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  103 Hearings: Unprinted Senate Hearings by Title (1993- 1994)
Foreign Relations 19930716 Nominations: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Thomas J. Dodd, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, James J. Blanchard, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to Canada, and Jeffrey Davidow, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Venezuela,...
Foreign Relations 19940225 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Donald M. Blinken, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary, Richard Dale Kauzlarich, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Derek Shearer, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland,...
Foreign Relations 19940715 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Robert A. Pastor, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, and Curtis Warren Kamman, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bolivia,...
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 104 Hearings: Unprinted Senate Hearings by Title (1995- 1996)
Foreign Relations 19950202 Nominations: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Johnie Carson, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, and Bismarck Myrick, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho,...
Foreign Relations 19950928 Nominations: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Robert E. Gribbin III, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, David P. Rawson, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mali, and Gerals Wesley Scott, of Oklahoma, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Gambia,...
Foreign Relations 19960621 Nominations: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of James Francis Creagan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, Leslie M. Alexander, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, and Lino Gutierrez, of Florida, to be Ambas- sador to the Republic of Nicaragua,...
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 Nicaragua - Simple English Wikipedia
Nicaragua became a colony of Spain in 1524, and became an independent state in 1821, joining the United Provinces of Central America.
Nicaragua was one of the richest countries in Central America in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Nicaragua's pre-Colombian population consisted of the Nahuatl-speaking Nicarao people of the west, and six ethnic groups including the Miskitos, Ramas and Sumos in the Caribbean region.
simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nicaragua   (1337 words)

  
 NICARAGUA - LoveToKnow Article on NICARAGUA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In the great lacustrine depression of Nicaragua is collected all the drainage from the eastern versant of the volcanic mountains, from the sheer western escarpment of the main cordillera, and from a large area of northern Costa Rica.
Under the influence of the intermittent trade-winds Lake Nicaragua rises and falls regularly, whence the popular notion that it was a tidal lake.
Hence, during the Spanish tenure, the history of Nicaragua is merged in that of the surrounding region.
19.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NI/NICARAGUA.htm   (6545 words)

  
 The EU's relations with Nicaragua - Overview
This period was characterised by a deterioration of the relations with the USA and a protracted civil conflict, which plunged the country into a profound economic and social crisis.
Nicaragua is the biggest country in Central America but its GDP is only USD 750(2) per capita.
Nicaragua’s main trading partner is the United States, with the EU in third place after the countries of the Central American Common Market.
europa.eu.int /comm/external_relations/nicaragua/intro   (1675 words)

  
 Foreign relations of Nicaragua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nicaragua has submitted two territorial disputes, one with Honduras and the other with Colombia, to the International Court of Justice for resolution.
Nicaragua and Costa Rica also dispute jurisdiction over the Rio San Juan, which delimits the boundary between the two countries.
Nicaragua maintains relations with the Republic of China instead of the People's Republic of China.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Nicaragua   (256 words)

  
 Nicaragua (11/05)
Nicaragua is a constitutional democracy with executive, legislative, judicial, and electoral branches of government.
Nicaragua suffers from persistent trade and budget deficits and a high debt-service burden; foreign assistance, including donations and debt relief, totals 42% of GDP in 2004.
Nicaragua is primarily an agricultural country, but construction, mining, fisheries, and general commerce also have been expanding during the last few years.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1850.htm   (3558 words)

  
 Nicaragua-Honduras
Nicaragua blamed Honduras for putting troops on the island of Cayo Sur, although a U.S. military attaché claimed that there was no military presence on the island.
For Nicaragua, the presence of soldiers on the island would be a security threat, and also a violation of a previous agreement between the two countries to not involve the military.
Nicaragua requested that the ICJ "determine the course of the single maritime boundary between areas of territorial sea, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone appertaining respectively to Nicaragua and Honduras, in accordance with equitable principles and relevant circumstances recognized by general international law as applicable to such a delimitation of a single maritime boundary."
www.american.edu /TED/ice/nicaragua-honduras.htm   (787 words)

  
 Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Nicaragua is the largest of the Central American States, with an area of 147,950 sq km.
Nicaragua, which has laid claim to 30,000 square kilometres of territorial sea, was outraged by the Honduran action.
Nicaragua and its neighbours also successfully negotiated a Political Dialogue and Co-operation Agreement with the EU which was signed in Rome on 15 December 2003.
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 Nicaragua
Nicaragua has seen U.S. military interventions and lengthy periods of military dictatorship, the most infamous being the rule of the Somoza family (supported by successive U.S. governments) for much of the early 20th century.
Fifty million dollars in Nicaragua, a country of 3.5 million people as of the mid to late 1980s, is equivalent to $3,550,000,000 in the United States, a country in 1990 of nearly 250 million inhabitants.
About 9 percent of Nicaragua's population is fl or afronicaragüense, with the fl population concentrated on the country's eastern coast.
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 [29 Jul 1997]: PRESS CONFERENCE BY NICARAGUA
The Permanent Representative of Nicaragua, Enrique Paguaga Fernández, speaking at a Headquarters press conference, this afternoon denounced the threat made against his country by the Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China regarding the petition for inclusion of the issue of Taiwan in the agenda of the General Assembly's next regular session.
Paguaga Fernández was accompanied by the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Nicaraguan National Assembly, Adolfo Calero.
Nicaragua would appeal to international organizations should that threat materialize, and placed all responsibility on the Government that was making the threat.
www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/1997/19970729.nicaragu.html   (622 words)

  
 Paraguay - FOREIGN RELATIONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Paraguay's foreign policy has traditionally aimed at striking a balance between the influence of its two large neighbors.
Foreign policy under Stroessner was based on two major principles: nonintervention in the affairs of other countries and no relations with countries under Marxist governments.
It terminated relations with Nicaragua in 1980 after the assassination in Asunción of Anastasio Somoza Debayle, the deposed Nicaraguan dictator.
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The consensus needed to launch a new round will be reached on condition that the interests of the developing countries are placed at the centre of the negotiations and the industrialized countries are ready to do more to reduce trade barriers and contribute to economic recovery.
Nicaragua, together with the other developing countries, has submitted proposals on this issue, covering, inter alia, the creation of a development box, special and differential treatment, and rural development.
Nicaragua has come here in a spirit of openness and flexibility because it would like to see the meeting succeed.
www.wto.org /english/thewto_e/minist_e/min01_e/statements_e/st63.doc   (1267 words)

  
 Nicaragua: democratization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Nicaragua faces the difficulties both of former totalitarian societies and third world societies.
In spite of the economic crisis, the nationalist response to external agression combined with the consolidation of relatively autonomous mass organisations reinforced the role of the rural poor in the evolving political system.
Nicaragua : foreign aid, national development and the challenge of democracy.
www.eldis.org /ggov/latn_nic.html   (874 words)

  
 Top20Nicaragua.com - Your Top20 Guide to Nicaragua!
Nicaragua's economy has historically been based on the export of cash crops such as bananas, coffee and tobacco.They thing they boasts the best rum in Central America and apparently is 3rd in beef quality behind Argentina and Brazil, but this data is very subjective, given the salubrity and quality problems Nicaragua's production suffer.
During the Contra War, much of the country's infrastructure was damaged or destroyed, and an economic blockade by the U.S. combined with the economic stagnation of the aligned Soviet bloc led to the virtual collapse of the economy.
Nicaragua's pre-Colombian population consisted of the Nahuatl-speaking Nicarao people of the west after whom the country is named, and six other ethnic groups including the Miskitos, Ramas and Sumos along the Caribbean coast.
www.top20nicaragua.com   (2064 words)

  
 Nicaragua Bilateral relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The excellent relations between the two countries were underlined by President Herzog's visit to Nicaragua in May 1996 and by President Bolaños’ visit to Germany in October 2002.
A sign of the lively relations between Nicaragua and Germany, which have deep historical roots, are the many active town twinning arrangements.
Development cooperation is the current focus of bilateral relations (Nicaragua is presently one of the five priority partner countries in Germany's development cooperation with Latin America).
www.auswaertiges-amt.de /www/en/laenderinfos/laender/laender_ausgabe_html?type_id=14&land_id=122   (616 words)

  
 Nicaragua
Nicaragua is mountainous in the west, with fertile valleys.
Nicaragua, which derives its name from the chief of the area's leading Indian tribe at the time of the Spanish Conquest, was first settled by the Spanish in 1522.
Nicaragua remains one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere.
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 NICARAGUA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Colonized by Spain in 1524, Nicaragua achieved independence as an independent state in 1821 and joined the United Provinces of Central America.
Multi-party elections were held in 1990, and the country has retained a fairly stable democracy since then.
It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
www.yotor.org /wiki/en/ni/Nicaragua.htm   (232 words)

  
 Foreign Affairs - Book Review - Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua: State, Class, and the Dilemmas of Agrarian Policy - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The author concedes that counterrevolution in Nicaragua, and the sponsorship and assistance it receives from the United States, have aggravated economic and political difficulties and limited the attempts to solve them; but the revolutionary prospects were deflating before counterrevolution arose, having fallen victim to inherent economic and other constraints.
The study is therefore a commentary on the nature and viability of the post-revolutionary process in Third World countries.
www.foreignaffairs.org is copyright 2002--2005 by the Council on Foreign Relations.
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 AllRefer.com - Nicaragua - Government and Politics | Nicaraguan Information Resource
ON FEBRUARY 25, 1990, Nicaragua's voters elected Violeta Barrios de Chamorro as president, ending ten years of government by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional--FSLN).
The choice was a dramatic one because voters hoped that the new government of the newly formed National Opposition Union (Unión Nacional Opositora--UNO) would bring an end to more than a decade of civil conflict and the harsh sectarianism of the Sandinista (see Glossary) years and improve the rapidly deteriorating economy.
Nicaragua - Conflict Between the Executive and Legislative Branches
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 Central American Parliament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Central American Parliament, also known by the abbreviation Parlacen (from the Spanish Parlamento Centroamericano) is a political institution devoted to the integration of the Central American countries.
The Parlacen has its origins on the Contadora Group, a project launched in the 1980s to help deal with civil wars in El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Although the Contadora was dissolved in 1986, the idea for Central American Integration remained, and its works were taken by the Esquipulas Peace Agreement, which, among other acts, agreed to the creation of the Central American Parliament.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Central_American_Parliament   (173 words)

  
 Foreign intervention (from Nicaragua) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
After the withdrawal of Spain, relations between the “king” of the Mosquito Coast and the British government strengthened until again there were British officials in Bluefields.
In Nicaragua socioeconomic conditions worsened in 2001 as the world recession, poor commodity prices, administrative malfeasance and incompetence, bank failures, and drought caused economic growth to slow to an estimated 2.1%.
Located midway across Central America, Nicaragua, with about 50,000 square miles (130,000 square kilometers), is the largest in area but one of the most sparsely populated nations of the region.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-40991   (788 words)

  
 Foreign Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Students write summaries of current events, interview a veteran of a foreign war, and participate in a mini-United Nations session as members of the Security Council.
Inform students that one manifestation of foreign policy is going to war.
There are veterans of a number of foreign wars in the US today.
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 Washington, Somoza and the Sandinistas - Cambridge University Press
This study of US policy toward Nicaragua during the Nixon, Ford, and Carter presidencies reveals the fundamental importance Washington places on preserving state institutions in Latin America while adopting a much more flexible approach regarding support for elected regimes or dictatorial rulers.
The Carter White House decision to dump a longstanding ally, Somoza, and support a regime change was triggered by the appearance of a mass-based social movement led by radical nationalist guerrillas posing a challenge to both the dictatorial regime and, more importantly, the state structure that underpinned it.
The Carter administration and Nicaragua: mediation and the politics of frustration; 6.
www.cup.cam.ac.uk /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521450810   (311 words)

  
 Annotated Bibliograpy of Peace Operations Literature
The history of relations between Greece and Turkey, and subsequently Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, is discussed.
U.S. foreign policy officials believe that the diplomatic advances are proof of the success of the Reagan doctrine, under which the United States sent arms to anti-Marxist "freedom fighters" around the world.
When Nicaragua accused the United States of interfering in its internal affairs in 1984, the United States took the position of the Iranian government by denying the court's jurisdiction.
www.gmu.edu /departments/t-po/resource-bk/lin/t-z.html   (17967 words)

  
 Nicaragua FOREIGN RELATIONS - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
The United States, which many Nicaraguans had believed would help Nicaragua substantially if Chamorro were elected, became ambivalent about the Chamorro government when the UNO's policy of accommodation toward the Sandinistas persisted.
As a result, the Chamorro government rapidly followed the path of other Latin American governments, seeking to diversify its foreign relations and decrease its reliance on the United States, despite United States predominance in the country's economic and political affairs.
By the end of the first year of the Chamorro government, Nicaragua was still highly dependent on foreign aid.
www.photius.com /countries/nicaragua/government/nicaragua_government_foreign_relations.html   (288 words)

  
 Nicaragua: EC Country Strategy Paper 2002-2006
This Country Strategy Paper (CSP) is part of a continuous process of management of the EC cooperation with Nicaragua.
It is a key element in the improved programming process of external assistance, which is expected to lead to greater coherence between the EU’s strategic priorities and the development policy of each country.
It is based on the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper of Nicaragua published in August 2001.
europa.eu.int /comm/external_relations/nicaragua/csp   (221 words)

  
 Nicaragua expels man wanted in US on money laundering charges - billingsgazette.com
Marc Harris, who once worked in Panama, was arrested Tuesday in Nicaragua and flown to the United States, Nicaraguan authorities said.
U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua Barbara Moore told reporters Tuesday that an American, whom she did not name, had been expelled and was wanted "for money laundering tied to drug trafficking."
Harris was a temporary resident of Nicaragua and had applied for permanent residency, according Salvador Stadthagen, vice minister of Foreign Relations for Nicaragua.
www.billingsgazette.com /index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2003/06/11/build/world/w-66-nicaragua.inc   (251 words)

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